Albert Lowey-Ball Associates, Inc. (ALBA) is a healthcare management consulting firm based in Sacramento, California. ALBA provides high-quality, value-added economic and management services to a wide range of clients including state and county public agencies, hospitals, medical groups, health plans, worker’s compensation carriers, data systems and service firms and other consulting firms. ALBA is a government certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) that has been in operation since 1983.  ALBA was incorporated in 1994. ALBA is a member of The Wilson Group, a large consulting consortium in Sacramento with current state CMAS and MSA certifications. Albert Lowey-Ball is affiliated with the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care at UC Davis School of Medicine/ Health System. ALBA serves as a health economics/Medicaid adviser to the California Program on Access to Care of the UC Office of the President. Along with its associates, ALBA brings to its clients a unique set of skills, experiences and data to assist them in coping with the challenges of managed healthcare, and the promise of expanded health insurance coverage in a turbulent marketplace.