Celebrating 20 years of service

It started with eight provider-owned health plans joining together to chart their course through an industry dominated by publicly-traded giants ...

Our founding members' goals: improve their operational and financial performance, medical management and, ultimately, their market position

Over the years, we've met these goals by strengthening our ties and sharpening our focus through non-competitive peer discussions, extensive networking that empowers sharing of leading best practices among members and a collective purchasing organization. We have provided comprehensive education through webinars and Value Visits featuring leading-practice organizations, and in the process, membership has grown…. See our story

Join us in celebrating 20 years of service

Share your story and be entered into a drawing!

From the start, the Alliance mission has been to create a forum that empowers regional health plans to succeed in a fast-paced and challenging industry. How has the Alliance helped you? We invite all of our members to celebrate with us, by sharing a brief testimonial. How do you gain value from your membership? Click here to complete a Member Shout-Out, and be entered into a prize drawing.*

What is a Member Shout-Out?

The Member Shout-Out form is short and sweet -- a simple way to tell us how membership has helped you. Members engage with us in dozens of ways - which are your favorites? Webinars, discussion forums, Value Visits? Use the form to share a favorite story about the Alliance, its staff or a fellow member. Or, use the form to complete this sentence: "I find value in the Alliance because..."

The Shout-Out form is just that: An opportunity to share what membership means to you, and join in the celebration. Click here to get started.

*A new winner will be chosen each month of 2016, beginning in June.

What does membership mean to you?

"It was great to discuss, learn and share issues that all health plans are dealing and struggling with."
--Patricia Villanueva, Manager, Health Services Management, Community First Health Plans

"Valuable information to target positive member outcomes and benefit the health plan in the long term."
--Patricia Bueno, RN, HSM Manager for SK, Community First Health Plans

"The Value Visits are always a great way to hear from others, share ideas, and make connections for future questions and consultation. Thanks for a good meeting as always."
--John Meier, MD, VP Sr Medical Director, Paramount Health Care

“As part of a growing organization, we know there are pitfalls to avoid, which often surface in hindsight. The Alliance allows our team the opportunity to learn from those who have been there before or may simply have a new and fresh perspective. When we have a tough challenge, I don’t feel confined to making decisions using solely our internal experiences and wisdom.”
--David Black, Manager, Product Development, Johns Hopkins

“The coding work group is fantastic and is a great learning experience. I have learned a lot from each call. Everyone on the call is very supportive and interactive with all the topics. Thank you, Kristin Rodriguez, for putting these together.”
--Christi Isaac, Coding Compliance Analyst, Health Alliance Medical Plans

“Even when I think a topic on the [Value Visit] agenda isn’t something that’s directly relevant to our work, I find value in the information that is shared. It always sparks conversation back at the office. Our eyes are constantly open to new perspectives and ideas to pursue.”
--Vicki Fretwell, VP, Chief of Staff, Johns Hopkins Healthcare

“I appreciate the opportunity to pick brains and share with my peers facing similar opportunities and challenges. I gain some wonderful, tactical ideas.”
--Andrew Weintraub, VP, Sales and Business Development, Health First

“Before I had even signed up for my individual profile, Dennis Bolin helped direct me to information sources and it made me even more excited about the organization.”
--Anonymous Alliance member

“The Health Plan Alliance has meant so much to me over the past 8 years since I joined Health New England. They've been a resource, a support network and positive force for change and innovation for me. I find tremendous value in every single service HPA offers. The webinars, the discussion forums, the resource library, everything! I especially value the vendor vetting that occurs by the HPA staff. It helps me to cut through the noise and congestion that exists in the vendor space and efficiently narrow in on the very best companies that can support my team and my organization to be successful.

I credit both the Health Plan Alliance staff and my peers within the Alliance to much of the success I've had professionally as well as the success Health New England has had as an organization over the years. Thank you just doesn't seem to adequately cover my appreciation, but it will have to do for now. Here's to another great 20 years! I'm excited for what's to come!”
--Jessica Dupont, Risk Adjustment Manager, Health New England

"I'd like to thank the team at Health Plan Alliance for assisting me with my issue. I was having difficulty posting a discussion thread and it was eluding me as to why it wasn't working.

In stepped, Kristin Rodriguez and Keri Bloomer to assist me with the mystery. I really appreciate the personal touch and what felt like a "drop everything" moment to assist me with this minor thing. This website has been helpful in getting me acclimated to healthcare marketing and I want to say, "Thanks" for all that they do!"
--Jennifer Rossbach, Marketing Manager, Health Alliance Plan