Alliance Blog
Author: Claude Code
From Cost Center to Strategic Asset: What Leading Employers Are Doing Differently
The employers making the most progress on health care costs are not cutting benefits. They are redesigning them. Over the past two months, we have made the case that Washington’s affordability crisis demands an upstream response, and that value means quality and cost together, not one at the expense of the other. The common thread ...
Your Benefits Package Drives About 5% of Workforce Health. Here’s What Drives the Rest.
If you’ve spent years fine-tuning your health benefits, Dr. Ray Fabius has an important reality check: benefit design accounts for roughly 5% to 7% of total health outcomes. The rest is culture, environment, and the social conditions your employees go home to at night. Dr. Fabius, co-founder of HealthNext, joined WHA Medical Director Dr. Drew ...
Your Coronary Artery Disease Workup Could Be Sending Patients to Unnecessary Angiography. Here’s What AI Changes.
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., but coronary artery disease care loses ground long before a heart attack happens. Too often, clinicians rely on tests that send patients toward invasive procedures before they fully understand who needs them, and Washington State has already shown the cost of that approach: more ...