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How Low Can You Go?
March 2, 2020 by Washington Health Alliance
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Seattle Business magazine awards gala to recognize Health Care Leaders in the state. It was wonderful to see Alliance members and... Read more »Announcing New Board Opioid Initiative
February 10, 2020 by Washington Health Alliance
I am delighted to share some exciting Alliance news. As a way to support not just reporting on the health care system, but propelling action to improve it, the Alliance’s... Read more »Reflections and Resolutions from the Corner Office
January 6, 2020 by Washington Health Alliance
I’m proud to say that 2019 brought the Alliance several firsts-in-the-nation and in our state. We: reported on the wide variation of actual prices for inpatient treatment (including facility and... Read more »Alliance Releases the Latest Waste Report
November 4, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance
We’ve gotten a lot of attention from our latest report released last week, using the Milliman MedInsight Health Waste Calculator™ (Calculator) to look at waste in terms of the 47... Read more »Hospital Price Transparency: It’s complicated
January 29, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance
You cut your finger making dinner. You’re not sure if you need stitches, and you have a high deductible. You quickly check online for the cost and the waiting time... Read more »Building our next health system: Highlights from the Lown Conference
April 17, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance
The Lown Institute’s Annual Conference was held last week, with the theme of “Breaking the cycle of high cost and low value: America’s next health system.” The Alliance’s Deputy Director,... Read more »April 2018 Letter from the Executive Director: Taking Action on Health Waste Calculator Results
April 3, 2018 by Nancy A. Giunto
In February, the Alliance released “First, Do No Harm,” our report on unnecessary health care in Washington state. The report used the MedInsight Health Waste Calculator to quantify wasteful care... Read more »Experts Agree − Solving the Healthcare Affordability Crisis Will Require Actions by Employers, Others
March 7, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance
Seattle, WA —Employers, healthcare providers, and other industry leaders today gathered in Seattle to discuss the roles they can play in reining in the rising cost of U.S. healthcare. Experts... Read more »New Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Washington Patients Receive Unnecessary Tests, Procedures, and Treatments
February 1, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance
In one year, an estimated $282 million was spent on “wasteful” health care for 622,000 Washington patients Washington becomes just the third state in the nation to use a new... Read more »Alliance and Bree Collaborative issue call to action to fight opioid misuse
January 9, 2017 by Washington Health Alliance
Opioid addiction is driving the drug overdoses which are claiming too many lives in the US. In 2015 alone, 718 people in Washington state died from opioid-related overdoses. The epidemic... Read more »