Albert Lowey-Ball Associates, Inc. (ALBA) is a healthcare economics consulting firm based in Sacramento, California. ALBA seeks to help its clients face the challenges and opportunities posed by healthcare reform. 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, and incorporated in 1994. ALBA is a member of The Wilson Group, a large consulting consortium in Sacramento with a current state CMAS certification. The President, Albert Lowey-Ball, is affiliated with the Center for Health Research and Policy at UC Davis School of Medicine. The Principal, Albert Lowey-Ball serves as a Health Economics Medicaid advisor to the California Program on Access to Care of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. 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.