Alliance Blog

The Washington Health Alliance has cultivated a reputation for its nonpartisan reporting on health care quality and cost in Washington state. For the last decade, our reports have been used by health care purchasers, such as King County government, to save millions of dollars on health care spending. Providers have used our data to see ...

This month, we’re excited to welcome two new members: International Community Health Services and Woodcreek Healthcare. Thanks to the support of our members, the Alliance is able to produce the Community Checkup and move the needle toward a more transparent and high-quality health system. International Community Health Services International Community Health Services (ICHS) is a ...

We are pleased to publish the detailed, county-level data we used to produce the 2014 Disparities in Care Report. Organizations such as public health departments, city and county governments, regional health improvement groups and hospitals have all expressed interested in gaining access to this data. Why? This data can inform health equity initiatives, population health ...

This month, we’re excited to welcome two new members: xG Health Solutions™ and Northwest Administrators, Inc. Thanks to the support of our members, the Alliance is able to produce the Community Checkup and move the needle toward a more transparent and high-quality health system. xG Health Solutions™ xG Health Solutions’ mission is to help health ...

In 2014, the Washington State Legislature passed ESHB 2572, which is a law relating to improving the effectiveness of health care purchasing and transforming the health care delivery system. A portion of this legislation (Section 6) relates to the development of a statewide core measure set. In response, the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) with ...

The Alliance, on behalf of its members, has for the last several years worked with the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) to conduct a rigorous evaluation of health plans in Washington state using the eValue8 tool. We are pleased to share the results of the 2014 evalue8 process in our latest report, 2014 Report ...

Nationally, disparities in care have become a hot topic as health care systems begin to implement population management strategies. There are many national and state-level reports on disparities that look at health outcomes. However, the focus of the Alliance’s 2014 report on disparities in care is on process measures which reflect how often evidence-based care is ...

This month, we’re excited to welcome three new members: Capital Benefit Services, Inc., Capital Medical Center and Washington Managed Imaging. Thanks to the support of our members, the Alliance is able to produce the Community Checkup, moving the needle toward a more transparent and high-quality health care system. Capital Benefit Services, Inc. Capital Benefit Services has been providing comprehensive ...

A article in the Puget Sound Business Journal by Valerie Bauman reported on trends in health care in 2014, quoting Mary McWilliams, executive director of the Washington Health Alliance. Bauman wrote: “Transparency will be the health care buzzword of 2014, particularly in Washington, which has an industry-government collaboration working to bring clarity to the health ...

For the first time, the Alliance is reporting statewide data at the county level as part of the Community Checkup. In doing so, the Alliance is bringing a greater level of transparency about the quality of care that all Washington residents receive, in the belief that what gets measured, gets managed. The following charts provide ...

Health Care Authority, Puget Sound Health Alliance to partner on project to make health care pricing more transparent Washington State Health Care Authority Director Dorothy Teeter announced today that the state will partner with the Puget Sound Health Alliance to use a $3.4 million, two-year federal grant to improve health care transparency and augment rate review. ...