Employer Group Touts “Playbook,” Data to Broker Hospital Prices
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalition’s “playbook” will help employers use hospital price and quality transparency data from Sage Transparency, a free online service that displays data from a variety of sources on hospital prices and quality.
Press Release – Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value Announces the “Dr. Jack Mahoney Healthcare Hero” Awardee
On August 30, 2022, Kimberly Ramos, Director of Benefits at The Mosaic Company, and Florida Alliance Board Member presented Tommy Inzina, CEO of BayCare Health System, Inc., with the “Dr. Jack Mahoney Healthcare Hero Award” for his leadership in establishing Tampa Bay Thrives.
Press Release – Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value’s 27th Annual “Best of the Best” Event Taking Place at Health Benefits Nation
The Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, Florida’s business coalition on health, is holding it’s 27th Annual “Best of the Best” in person on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, as part of Validation Institute’s Health Benefits Nation Conference.
Employers are Sharing Health Price Data, but Real Change is Slow
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 raises the bar for employer-sponsored health plans to pay fair prices for services provided. The law, along with the transparency in coverage rule issued in November 2020, means employers won’t have any excuses for not knowing whether they’re paying reasonable prices.
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Elects New Board
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchasers announced its slate of new officers at its 2022 Leadership Summits held June 27-28 in Detroit.
Hospitals Look to Raise Treatment Costs as Nurses’ Salaries Increase
Health insurers and employers are pushing back against requests to increase hospital prices by as much as 15%.
Press Release – Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, Spring 2022
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, driven in Florida by the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, has announced the spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades.
The Policy Implications of New Medicines
State of Reform’s virtual series brought together panelists from multiple silos of biosimilar medicine to discuss how to increase the accessibility and affordability of these new medicines during State of Reform’s February 2022 “5 Slides We’re Discussing” virtual conversation. The conversation brought together Karen van Caulil, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Florida Alliance for Healthcare […]
FL Alliance Announces
2022-2023 Board of Directors
at Annual Meeting
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 29, 2022) – The Central Florida Health Care Coalition, Inc. d/b/a Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value announced and installed the 2022-2023 Board of Directors and Executive Committee and Officers during the Annual Meeting. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this meeting was held virtually. read full press release
Employers need a comprehensive approach to improving the drug benefit. CMM is the solution.
A blog post by Karen van Caulil, PhD, President & CEO, Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value Employers are always looking for ways to drive value in health care for the plans they manage and for their employees. They especially want to do this for medications. This isn’t news to anyone who works with employers, and […]
