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Caring for Those Who Care for Others

CEHA’s mission is to provide Catholic employers with affordable, flexible, and ethically grounded healthcare.

The Catholic Employer Health Alliance (CEHA) is a national alliance through which Catholic organizations and their employees can focus on their mission, shielded from the financial and other burdens of healthcare administrative costs.

2011

An Alliance is Born

In a moment of national healthcare uncertainty, CEHA is formed to protect Catholic ministries from rising costs and regulatory complexity.

2014

Growth in Numbers

Membership grows as employers recognize the power of shared risk and shared mission. Delivered long-term rate stability for member organizations

2020

Stability Through Uncertainty

Even amid market disruption and national instability, CEHA provides consistent, dependable coverage. Strengthened financial predictability in an unpredictable market.

2026

Celebrating 15 Years

A proven model of faith-based collaboration continues to serve Catholic employers nationwide.

Our Beliefs

We believe those who labor in our communities for the common good deserve to be able to focus on their Catholic employer’s mission while having access to the human right of quality healthcare at an affordable price. Catholic employers – including dioceses, Catholic Charities agencies, Catholic colleges and universities, Catholic hospital systems, and other Catholic organizations – need a proven partner to drive lower costs in a volatile healthcare market.

By bringing together Catholic organizations, CEHA offers lower premium increases, greater flexibility, ease of administration, and support for an employer’s HR team to administer employee health benefits.

Our Advantage

By sharing the cost of medical, vision, and dental care across the entire community, our member employers experience significantly lower healthcare premium increases year-over-year. We take the time to focus on the unique needs of each Catholic employer and its staff to provide a comprehensive program that best serves their needs. We are a lean, flexible, effective organization, which further reduces your healthcare costs. Our administrative costs are half of the market standard. Participating employers report substantial savings over market pricing by joining CEHA.

Our Community

We bring together Catholic employers in the spirit of solidarity to provide optimal healthcare plans and rate stability for the whole group.

Our Catholicity

Our governing document states that the Ethical and Religious Directives of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops govern all our plans.

A Better Way Forward

Beginning in 2011, amid uncertainty in the national healthcare landscape, two Catholic leaders saw both a challenge — and an opportunity.

As the Affordable Care Act introduced sweeping changes to employer-sponsored health plans, Catholic Employer Health Alliance was born out of a simple but powerful idea: Catholic organizations are stronger together.

Father Larry Snyder, then President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, and Monsignor Michael Boland, then President and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, recognized that Catholic employers across the country were navigating rising healthcare costs and regulatory complexity — often alone.

They believed there was a better way.

What We Offer

Our plans combine traditional and non-traditional options, allowing CEHA to take a customized, consultative approach for every Catholic organization they serve.

6

Medical plan options available, two dental, and vision.

4,000+

Members enrolled in our medical plans.

“Everything got resolved this week, and you’re a big part of it. Thank you for pushing everything through as it was chaotic for about a year.”

CEHA Participant about Health Advocate

Leadership

CEHA Officers

Keith R. Styles, J.D.

President

Keith has been running CEHA since he helped found it in 2011. During his twenty years of service to Catholic Charities USA, first as outside counsel and then as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and COO, Keith developed a keen understanding of the impact of healthcare costs on Catholic organizations and the need to reduce the stress of healthcare on employees so they can focus on the mission of their employer.

Sarah C. Robinson

Vice President

Ms. Robinson joined CEHA in 2019 after nearly 15 years of experience in the employee benefits industry. Prior to joining, she was an Employee Benefits Account Executive consulting on a diverse client base from non-profits to government contractors.

CEHA Board of Trustees

Charles C. Cornelio, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Cornelio is the retired President of Lincoln Financial Group’s Retirement Plan Services business, and retired Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer of Lincoln Financial Group.

Jane Durney Crowley, BSN, MHA, FACHE

Ms. Crowley is the retired Chief Transformation Officer of Mercy Health and previously served as Chief Executive Officer at Bon Secours Health System, Inc.

Very Reverend Patrick J. Keating, J.D.

Father Keating is Moderator of the Curia, General Counsel, Econome, and Vicar for Financial Administration of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

Vi T. Le, J.D.

Ms. Le is the Population Health-Growth and Strategic Revenue Officer for Mercy Health and previously served as Mercy Health’s Chief Counsel/VP, Revenue Strategy

Todd Maxwell

Mr. Maxwell is President and Chief Operating Officer of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He brings more than 20 years experience in the healthcare field with UnitedHealth Group and Elevance Health.