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Alliance in the news: Seattle Times on price transparency
The Seattle Times has published an article about the move in Washington state for great price transparency in health care. “I think people have assumed it’s all the same quality and all the same cost,” Alliance Executive Director Mary McWilliams says. “Getting them to recognize that it’s not all the same is the first threshold.” Read the Seattle Times article.
Published: February 6, 2014
About Washington Health Alliance
The Washington Health Alliance is a place where stakeholders work collaboratively to transform Washington state’s health care system for the better. The Alliance brings together organizations that share a commitment to drive change in our health care system by offering a forum for critical conversation and aligned efforts by stakeholders: purchasers, providers, health plans, consumers and other health care partners. The Alliance believes strongly in transparency and offers trusted and credible reporting of progress on measures of health care quality and value. The Alliance is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit with more than 185 member organizations. A cornerstone of the Alliance's work is the Community Checkup, a report to the public comparing the performance of medical groups, hospitals and health plans and offering a community-level view on important measures of health care quality (www.wacommunitycheckup.org).
