Alliance Blog

2019 Year In Review

March 9, 2020 by Washington Health Alliance

The Washington Health Alliance is pleased to announce the release of our 2019 Annual Review.

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Posted in: Alliance News, Alliance Reports, Letter from the Executive Director

Global to Local, Heron Therapeutics, Landmark Health and Vimly Benefit Solutions Join the Alliance

March 4, 2020 by Washington Health Alliance

This month, we’re excited to welcome Global to Local, Heron Therapeutics, Landmark Health and Vimly Benefit Solutions as the newest members of the Alliance. About Global to Local Global to

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Posted in: Members

Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health joins the Alliance

March 2, 2020 by Washington Health Alliance

This month, we’re excited to welcome Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health (SWACH) as the newest member of the Alliance. About SWACH Southwest Accountable Community of Health is a nonprofit working

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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

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Posted in: Healthier Washington, Members, Overuse, Utilization

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

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Posted in: Alliance News, Alliance Reports, Community Checkup, Letter from the Executive Director, Opioids, Overuse, Spotlight on Improvement, Transparency

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

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Posted in: Alliance News, Alliance Reports, Community Checkup, eValue8™, Letter from the Executive Director, Overuse

Previewing the Alliance’s Latest Work

December 2, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance

Hospital costs is a big topic these days. It’s not surprising when one-third of our health care dollars go to care in hospitals. And on the consumer side, medical bills

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Posted in: Alliance News, Alliance Reports, Cost of Health Care, Health Care Quality, Health Care Value, Letter from the Executive Director, Transparency

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

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Posted in: Alliance Reports, Choosing Wisely, Cost of Health Care, Health Care Value, Letter from the Executive Director, Opioids, Overuse

Health Care Facts and a Preview of the Alliance’s Newest Report

September 27, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance

You know health care is top of mind when the Wall Street Journal publishes a multiple choice questionnaire about health care costs. My staff and I recently took the WSJ

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Posted in: Cost of Health Care, Health Care Quality, Letter from the Executive Director, Members

Nancy Giunto Heading to the Land of 10,000 Lakes

September 27, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance

On October 15th and 16th, Executive Director Nancy Giunto will be in Minnesota for the 3rd Annual Affordability Summit sponsored by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement. One of the

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