Alliance Blog

Grant allows Alliance to expand on Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement’s pioneering price transparency project Seattle, November 28, 2017— The Washington Health Alliance (Alliance) announced today that it has been selected by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) to continue work on NRHI’s Total Cost of Care (TCoC) project. NRHI is a national organization ...

I’m pleased to announce that the Alliance has just released a new highlight with statewide opioid prescribing rate data as part of our Different Regions, Different Care series. The highlight shows that more than 1 in 8 Washingtonians received an opioid prescription in the latest measurement year, and that prescription rates vary greatly depending on ...

Improves care guidance for Castlight’s Washington state customers including Boeing, Esterline Technologies, Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health San Francisco and Seattle – November 8, 2017 – Today, Castlight Health, Inc. (NYSE: CSLT) announced a new partnership with the Washington Health Alliance, the state’s leader in healthcare cost and quality transparency. The partnership integrates Castlight’s ...

We’re excited to welcome the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as the newest member of the Alliance. About the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on ...

Last month I shared that the Alliance received a scholarship through the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement’s Getting to Affordability initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for registration and travel to the National Affordability Summit in Washington, D.C. on September 27th. We have just returned from the summit and I am eager to ...

While we did take a few minutes to watch the eclipse last month, there was no summer lull for us at the Alliance. We released our first Hospital Value Report, welcomed three new members (Columbia Valley Community Health, Spark Therapeutics, and Trutina Financial), presented on our opioids work at a national conference, and recruited a ...

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Networking: 9:30 am to 10:00 am Program: 10:00 am to 11:30 am Cambia Grove, 1800 9th Ave, Seattle, suite 250 The meeting is open to Alliance members only. Register here. Please join the Washington Health Alliance for a discussion about its recently released Hospital Value Report. Value in health care means ...

When we heard that Jocelyn Vanderbrink, MHA, a faculty member at Penn State, uses the Community Checkup website as part of a course she teaches on consumer choices in health care, we were excited to learn more. She shared with us her thoughts on the challenges facing today’s health care consumer and how she incorporates ...

This month, we’re excited to welcome Columbia Valley Community Health, Spark Therapeutics and Trutina Financial as the newest members of the Alliance.   About Columbia Valley Community Health Columbia Valley Community Health improves the health of our communities by providing leading-edge, whole person care for everyone. They are a dynamic and progressive community health center ...

A new study from the American Cancer Society published in JAMA shows that rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) are rising among younger adults, ages 20-54. Current recommendations do not advise CRC screening until age 50 (unless other risk factors or symptoms are present), so many cases in younger adults are not being identified until the ...

I am pleased to announce that last week the Alliance released a new members-only report on Hospital Value. The report looks at the three components of value in health care: quality, patient experience and cost. The Alliance ranks 48 hospitals based on the results for eight mortality measures and five patient safety measures using three ...

Gov. Jay Inslee has announced the appointment of Lou McDermott as interim director of the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), replacing Dorothy Frost Teeter. The Alliance congratulates McDermott on his appointment and looks forward to a continued close partnership with the HCA. Healthier Washington, an initiative of the HCA, shares many of the same ...