Author: Adria Moskowitz

Alliance Welcomes New Member Everside Health LLC

Everside Health is one of the nation’s largest providers of direct primary and mental health care—Improving outcomes with tech-enabled predictive care, reducing costs, and providing holistic solutions, in person and virtually, for employees, patients, and their families. Learn more about Everside Health.
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Alliance Welcomes back Astellas

Astellas contributes toward improving the health of people around the world through the provision of innovative and reliable pharmaceutical products. They go beyond all others in exploring and tapping the potential of the life sciences. They continue tackling new challenges and creating innovative pharmaceutical products. They support healthy living for people around the world. Learn more ...
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Alliance Welcomes New Member Abbott Diabetes Care

As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to their customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan so they’ve committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels. Learn ...
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The Alliance Welcomes New Member: Homethrive, Inc.

Homethrive’s two founders both experienced the challenges of caregiving for family members while working. They found a confusing, hard to navigate system. Even after taking countless days off work and spending long hours on the phone, they couldn’t find the answers they needed. They knew there had to be a better way, so they created ...
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The Alliance Welcomes New Member: Health Care Originals

The Mission of Health Care Originals is to help people listen to their bodies in new ways, tapping the previously underutilized science of sound to map and understand human performance. Their goal is to improve the continuum of care for respiratory disease – from drug development through individual monitoring, empowering patients to live better with ...
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The Alliance Welcomes New Members: Behavioral Health Systems, Goodpath, Guardant Health, Nox Health and ViiV Healthcare

Behavioral Health Systems, Inc. provides a personalized approach to behavioral health. BHS provides comprehensive behavioral health services to employers and their covered members, recognizing that when an employee is experiencing stress on the job, struggling with substance abuse or simply looking for advice balancing life’s difficult duties, they need somewhere to turn. Learn more about ...
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The Alliance Welcomes New Members Northwest Health Law Advocates and Vida Health

For 22 years, Northwest Health Law Advocates (NoHLA) has been working to improve access to health care for all Washington residents to advance health as a human right. NoHLA is at the forefront of efforts to ensure Washington State’s new health system attracts enrollees and that it works for all residents, including those who are ...
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The Alliance Welcomes New Member Quilted Health

Quilted Health is a dedicated team of Certified Nurse Midwives, Licensed Midwives and Client Care Professionals. They partner with the best birth doulas, obstetricians, wellness providers and community organizations to provide personalized, whole-person care. Learn more about Quilted Health.
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Alliance Releases Total Cost of Care for Medical Groups and Clinics

I am delighted to report that the Washington Health Alliance is continuing its efforts to understand where Washington state is spending its health care dollars. Today we released our Total Cost of Care Report. Using medical claims and enrollment data from its voluntary All-Payer Claims Database from multiple payers, the Alliance combined the cost of ...
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The Time to Act is Now: The Toll of High Blood Pressure

More than 100 million American adults have high blood pressure (a reading of 130/80mm Hg or higher) but only about half actually have the condition under control. High blood pressure was linked to 70% of all major cardiovascular events in the U.S. and deaths from high blood pressure are on the increase; between 2009 and ...
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A Note from Alliance Executive Director Nancy Giunto on the End of WA-APCD Contract Negotiations

On June 10th, we received a letter from the Washington State Health Care Authority terminating contract negotiations with the Washington Health Alliance to serve as the Lead Organization for WA-APCD (LO). We began negotiations on October 24, 2019. I believe this is a very unfortunate outcome for our state. Throughout the negotiations, the Alliance was ...
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Future of the Health Workforce Summit

Many healthcare organizations in Washington state are encountering workforce woes with worker shortage, burnout, turnover, etc. But how can leadership successfully address these challenges? Join the Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health (GCACH) for a unique opportunity to learn from experts on ways to strengthen and optimize your organization’s workforce strategy at its Future of ...
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