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
Posts Categorized: All-Payer Claims Database
Learning Module: Working Collaboratively to Achieve Price Transparency
As part of its Getting to Affordability initiative, the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) and the Washington Health Alliance partnered to address how to work collaboratively to achieve price
Puget Sound Energy and SEIU 775 Benefits Group to submit data to Alliance’s APCD
The Washington Health Alliance is excited to announce that Puget Sound Energy and SEIU 775 Benefits Group have agreed to become data suppliers for the Alliance’s voluntary All-Payer Claims Database
Reporting on Pricing a Critical Step in Alliance’s Promotion of Transparency
At the Alliance, we define high-value health care as high quality and good patient experience at a fair price. Over the past eleven years, and with the help and support
Data and convening remain the core of our work
It’s been an eventful summer for the Alliance, and I want to update you on the Alliance’s direction in the coming months. As you know, the state decided to select
Alliance leverages voluntary APCD as a public resource for promoting transparency
Shining a light on unwarranted variation in health care drives our efforts on public reporting of health care performance. In the coming weeks, we will be publishing reports on variation.
Alliance announces OFM selection of WA-APCD lead organization
Today, the Alliance learned it has not been chosen by the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) as the Apparently Successful Bidder to serve as the Lead Organization for the
Alliance projects promote health care transparency
Despite the beckoning summer sun, the Alliance team has been busier than ever working on projects that will provide value to not only our members, but to all health care
Washington state lags behind on health care cost transparency
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting at the National Employer Leadership Seminar, an invitation-only event sponsored by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI). The goal of
Improving Washington’s grade on price transparency
No one likes a failing grade. But in the 2015 Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) – Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws, Washington
Partnership accelerates Alliance reporting on quality and cost
We are pleased to announce that the Alliance has been selected by the Washington State Health Care Authority to lead implementation of the Washington State Common Measure Set for Health
Signing ceremony for All-Payer Claims Database legislation marks new era of cost and quality transparency in Washington state
Coalition for Health Care Cost Transparency applauds Governor Jay Inslee and state legislators for bi-partisan effort Olympia, May 14, 2015—At a ceremony in his office today, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
A new chapter begins for health care data transparency in Washington state
In a victory for health care transparency, the Washington State Legislature, with strong bipartisan support, passed a bill to establish a functional, state-mandated All-Payer Claims Database (APCD), which is a
Legislature passes health-care transparency bill
Governor could finally give consumers an effective All-Payer Claims Database OLYMPIA, Wash., April 20, 2015—In a big victory for the Coalition for Health Care Cost Transparency, the Legislature, with huge bipartisan
Innovation, data needed to drive improvement in our health care system
Letter from our executive director Sometimes relatively simple innovations can inspire big changes. For example, Swedish Medical Center, featured in our latest Spotlight on Improvement, is revamping its “daily labs”
Washington State awarded $3.4 million data center grant
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