Washington Health Alliance

Celgene Corporation, Magellan Health and Quad+Aim Partners join the Alliance

March 27, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance

This month, we’re excited to welcome Celgene Corporation, Magellan Health and Quad+Aim Partners as the newest members of the Alliance. About Celgene Corporation Celgene seeks to deliver truly innovative and

March 2018 Letter from the Executive Director: National Employers Meet in Seattle to Tackle Health Care Affordability

March 8, 2018 by Nancy A. Giunto

National and regional employers, health care providers, and other health care leaders convened in Seattle yesterday for a National Employer Summit addressing “The Purchaser’s Role in Driving Affordability.” Organized by

Experts Agree − Solving the Healthcare Affordability Crisis Will Require Actions by Employers, Others

March 8, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance

March 7, 2018 — 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

An Exciting Night at the Leaders in Health Care Awards

March 5, 2018 by Nancy A. Giunto

Last Thursday, Seattle Business magazine hosted a gala at Bell Harbor International Conference Center for their 2018 Leaders in Health Care Awards. It was an exciting and inspiring evening, and

eviCore Healthcare and Collective Medical join the Alliance

February 26, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance

This month, we’re excited to welcome eviCore and Collective Medical as the newest members of the Alliance. About eviCore Healthcare eviCore is a company committed to advancing healthcare management

New Survey Shows Variation Among Primary Care Practices on Patient Experience, a Key Element of Health Care Quality

February 26, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance

Patients consider provider communication more important than other elements of patient experience 35% of males and 21% of females reported binge drinking at least some of the time Nearly three-quarters

Feb. 2018 Letter from the Executive Director: “First, Do No Harm” Report Makes a Splash

February 7, 2018 by Nancy A. Giunto

Last week the Alliance released our new report on health care waste in Washington, “First, Do No Harm,” and the response has been outstanding. The report has been featured in

Peninsula Community Health Services joins the Alliance

February 6, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance

This month, we’re excited to welcome Peninsula Community Health Services as the newest member of the Alliance. About Peninsula Community Health Services Peninsula Community Health Services (PCHS) is a community based nonprofit organization dedicated

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

Jan. 2018 Letter from the Executive Director: Shining A Light on Waste in Washington State

January 24, 2018 by Nancy A. Giunto

Health care waste – the overuse of low-value services – introduces the unnecessary risk of adverse physical and financial harm for patients, drives up costs for purchasers and insurers, and