Why half of all workers may struggle to get weight-loss drug health insurance...
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View ArticlePlan Sponsors, Insurers Spar Over Fiduciary Data Despite Lawsuits
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View ArticleGremminger Hearing Record Statement for 340B Drug Pricing Program
On Tuesday, June 4, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hosted a hearing to discuss the 340B Drug Pricing Program. National Alliance President and CEO Shawn...
View ArticleThe Leap to Self-Insurance
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View ArticleLegislation to Improve Health Billing Transparency Endorsed by ERISA Industry...
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View ArticleHow Chevron’s demise could impact employers, purchasers and health payers
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View ArticleHospitals charging more than‘fair price’
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View ArticleNew Medicaid Rule Adds Fuel To The Fire Of Commercial Hospital Price Inflation
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View ArticleWorkplace insurance could soon be stripped down
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View ArticleThe fox guarding the henhouse: Addressing PBM industry misalignment and 340B
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View ArticleTime to Act: Understanding PBM Practices Enables Employers to Ignite Change
For the past three decades, the management of pharmacy benefits has become increasingly opaque, convoluted and misaligned. Rather than improving drug value and creating an efficient marketplace, the...
View ArticleEmployers Beware: Alternative Funding Programs Require Careful Review to...
As healthcare costs increase, employers and other plan sponsors continue to explore strategies to better manage pharmaceutical costs. Given that prescription drug spending accounts for 18% of all...
View ArticleEmployers Urge Stronger Health Transparency as ERISA Turns 50
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View ArticleEP448 (Part 1): 340B: Where It Started, Where It Is Now, and Who Is Really...
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View ArticleEP448 (Part 2): 340B: Why Employers Should Probably Care About What’s...
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View ArticleHospital Fair Price in Action: People Matter
Achieving Hospital Fair Price is mission-critical for America’s families and businesses. Over the past 20 years, the prices of hospital services have grown faster than any other sector of the […] The...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground: Addressing PBM Issues and ERISA Tensions
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View ArticleOp-ed: Shawn Gremminger and Bret Jackson: What is hospital dumping and why...
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View ArticleThese factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer...
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View ArticleLetter to HELP Committee regarding pricing practices of GLP-1s
Employers and purchasers are struggling to afford coverage of GLP-1s to treat obesity for their employees and dependents. To provide access to these drugs for those most in need, many […] The post...
View ArticleEmployer plans face GLP-1 anti-obesity drug rebate threats
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View ArticleUnderstanding Cell and Gene Therapy and its Impact on the Workforce
This two-part Action Brief series covers the basics of the fast-growing field of life-changing, life-saving — and costly — cell and gene therapies (CGTs). Learn to navigate the challenges and […] The...
View ArticleHealthcare Premiums Are Soaring Even as Inflation Eases, in Charts
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View ArticleWhy Employers Are Turning to Primary Care as Health Care Costs Soar
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View ArticleNational Alliance Announces Keynote and Agenda for Annual Forum
Health economist and policy expert Dr. Zack Cooper will offer insight on the impact of rising healthcare costs to the US economy, businesses, and working families WASHINGTON – October 22, […] The post...
View ArticleMedCity Pivot Podcast: Chat With Shawn Gremminger About Employer-Led Healthcare
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View ArticlePulse of the Purchaser 2024 Survey Results
The Pulse of the Purchaser study gauges concerns and approaches of employers to address the workforce environment; whole person health, equity, women’s health, mental health and obesity management;...
View ArticleEmployers eye PBM changes, fearing legal threat
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View ArticleNational Alliance Survey Reveals Employers Using Innovative Payment...
Pulse of the Purchaser study also finds obesity, women’s health and health equity are growing areas of benefits focus for employers in 2024 and beyond WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 29, 2024 […] The post...
View ArticleAdvanced primary care: More employers adopting to curb high hospital bills
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View ArticleEmployers using various strategies to contain healthcare costs
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View ArticleSurvey: Employers fear rising health costs could force trade-offs with wages,...
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View ArticleHow Employers Are Trying To Tame Healthcare Costs
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View ArticleRising healthcare costs could trickle down to workers: employer survey
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View ArticleEmployers Seek Strategies to Combat Rising Health Care Costs
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View ArticleEmployers Shift to Equity-Focused Strategies as Health Costs Outpace Wages
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View ArticleMany Americans Unable to Afford Medications, Navitus Survey Finds
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View ArticlePharmacy Benefit Management Misalignment: Vendor Engagement Template
As the pharmacy benefit management industry undergoes the most significant transformation in decades, employers are at the forefront of driving change. This vendor engagement template equips them with...
View ArticleRethinking How Employers Address High-Cost Claims
High-cost claims have emerged as one of the most significant financial threats to employer-sponsored healthcare. This resource and the National Alliance High-Cost Claims Initiative assists...
View ArticleCase Studies: Coalitions and Employers are Disrupting the PBM Misalignment...
The National Alliance is continuously exploring how misalignment between employer needs and PBM service provider value propositions have affected employers and other and plan sponsors. There is growing...
View ArticleHow CFOs Can Get Ready For An IPO In 2025
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View ArticleGetting to Hospital Fair Price
In this video, we explore how new data transparency highlights the crucial role hospital prices play in escalating healthcare spending, and why policy change, not reliance on health systems and […] The...
View Article5 pillars that underpin payer population health strategies
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View ArticlePutting patients first: Workers suffer when their employers lack critical...
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View ArticleEmployer Case Study – Transforming Primary Care: Innovative Employer...
Description Advanced primary care (APC) will improve the pathway to ongoing, coordinated, community-aligned, high-value care. Healthcare systems with a strong primary care foundation report better...
View ArticlePBM Reform is Part of Congress’ End of Year Bill
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View ArticleHow Can Self-Insured Employers Identify Ways to Rein in Healthcare Costs?
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View ArticleThe 2025 BenefitsPRO health benefits predictions almanac
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View ArticleWhere smaller PBMs are headed this year
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View ArticleHow Can Employers Manage Rising Healthcare Costs in 2025?
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