Health Economics Committee (HEC)
The HEC meets bi-monthly, includes about two dozen members, and is a multi-stakeholder group with representatives from provider organizations, purchasers, brokers, health plans, researchers, consumers and Milliman. This committee led the initial effort to select a data vendor for the Alliance, managing the RFP process that led to the selection of Milliman. The focus of the HEC is on improving transparency of utilization and price variation to reduce unwarranted variation and the overall cost trend.
| Name | Title | Organization |
| David DiGiuseppe | Vice President, Healthcare Economics | Community Health Plan of Washington |
| Jerome Dugan | Professor of Health Services | University of Washington |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Vice President, Pacific Northwest | Cigna |
| Will Fox | Principal and Consulting Actuary | Milliman |
| Albert Froling | Technical Product Manager | Washington State Hospital Association |
| Stephanie Garnett | Network Market Head | Aetna |
| Jim Gregson | Vice President | Parker, Smith & Feek |
| Sean Haugen | Network & Contracting Analytics Director, Actuarial Services: WA Region | Kaiser Permanente Washington |
| Jutta Joesch | Healthcare Economist | King County |
| Jae Kennedy | Professor of Health Policy and Administration | Washington State University Elson S Floyd College of Medicine |
| David LaMarche | Chief Administrative Officer | Eastside Health Network |
| Shawna Lang | Account Manager | Health Care Authority |
| Ross Laursen | Vice President | Premera Blue Cross |
| Larry McNutt | Senior Vice President, Corporate Admin/Pension | Northwest Administrators, Inc. |
| Christine Palermo | Physician Advisor, Finance | Virginia Mason Medical Center |
| Deborah Profant | Associate Director, Managed Care Medical Science Liaison | Jazz Pharmaceuticals |
| Brian Ritchie | Assistant Director Actuarial – Strategic Provider Analytics | Regence BlueShield |
| John Robinson, MD | Consumer Representative | |
| Steve Schramm, MD | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | MultiCare Connected Care, LLC |
| Walter Sive | Consumer Representative |