Costs, Quality, Access, and More: The Challenges of Providing Healthcare to Employees

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 6:07 p.m.

b'Employers are the single largest provider and purchaser of healthcare insurance in the United States and they represent a potential force for change in the US healthcare system. In order to control costs and provide better care to their employees, employers have been banding together through local coalitions. Many coalitions across the country have coalesced under the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.\\n\\nAt the National Alliance\\u2019s recent Leadership Summit, held at the end of June in Pittsburgh, we spoke with some of the leaders about key issues facing employers in healthcare and how those top concerns may have changed over the past few years.\\n\\nRead more:\\nEmployers Compendium:\\xa0https://www.ajmc.com/compendium/employers\\nNational Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions partner page: https://www.ajmc.com/partners/national-alliance\\nGreater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health partner page: https://www.ajmc.com/partners/gpbch\\nNational Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions\\u2019 2019 Leadership Summits conference page: https://www.ajmc.com/conferences/leadership-summits-2019'