Affiliated Enterprise Solutions (AES) is proud to be recognized by the Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance (SAHA) for its strategic role in supporting the development of healthcare provider service programs, Preferred Partner initiatives, and integrated marketing strategies that strengthen member value. Through this collaboration, AES serves as a trusted advisor, helping SAHA advance its mission of improving member performance through innovation, collaboration, and shared expertise.
Founded to improve members’ performance and deliver higher value through collaboration and shared expertise, SAHA is built on four core pillars: member support, cost savings, networking, information sharing, and collaborative care transformation. SAHA’s partnership with AES directly advances each of these priorities while supporting SAHA’s continued evolution as a catalyst for strategic growth and business innovation. AES serves as a strategic advisor to SAHA, focused on sustainability and creating immediate value for members.
A central theme of the engagement is the management and expansion of the SAHA Preferred Partner Program. Within the strategic parameters established by SAHA’s Board, AES leads the due diligence process for all prospective partners, ensuring alignment with SAHA’s mission, operational standards, and the real-world needs of its health system members. This disciplined approach reinforces SAHA’s role in cultivating high-quality partnerships that deliver measurable cost savings, operational efficiencies, and improved outcomes. SAHA members are better together.
Additionally, AES oversees SAHA’s integrated marketing strategy, elevating awareness, engagement, and knowledge sharing across the alliance. These efforts support one of SAHA’s core differentiators: its ability to connect members with actionable insights, trusted partners, and peer-driven collaboration opportunities that improve performance and patient care.
“Partnerships have always been fundamental to SAHA’s success,” said Leslie Barden, CEO. “Our collaboration with AES enhances our ability to identify, evaluate, and activate the right partners—those that bring meaningful value to our members while strengthening the collaborative foundation that defines SAHA.”
“Our work with SAHA is grounded in a shared belief that collaboration, when executed with discipline and purpose, creates measurable and sustainable value,” said Brian Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of AES. “We are proud to support SAHA in expanding its partner ecosystem, strengthening its market presence, and advancing initiatives that directly benefit its members.”
About the Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance (SAHA)
The Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance is a mission-driven membership organization of hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving healthcare quality through collaboration, cost-saving initiatives, networking, and information sharing. SAHA enables its members to achieve greater efficiency, enhanced outcomes, and long-term sustainability.
About Affiliated Enterprise Solutions (AES)
Affiliated Enterprise Solutions is a healthcare-focused consulting firm that partners with alliances and health systems to develop growth strategies, build high-performing partnerships, and execute strategic initiatives that drive measurable results.