Washington Health Alliance

Report: More than 1 Million Washington Patients Received Unnecessary Tests, Procedures, and Treatments

December 11, 2018

Alliance’s newest Health Waste Calculator report finds significant opportunity to reduce low-value health care in Washington state SEATTLE – A new report on health care waste released this week

Washington Health Alliance Hosts Conference on Making Health Care Affordable in Washington State

October 25, 2018

National and state thought leaders to speak at health care affordability summit in Seattle SEATTLE – With health care foremost on the minds of voters as they head

Washington Health Alliance Executive Director Testifies Before US Senate Committee

September 17, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2018 Contact: Rebecca Snyders Phone: (206) 454- 2961 Email: rsnyders@wahealthalliance.org Washington Health Alliance Executive Director Testifies Before US Senate Committee Nancy Giunto was one of

New Report Ranks Washington Hospitals on Quality, Patient Experience, and Cost

May 22, 2018

First report in the state to publicly report on all three elements of hospital value Findings show that higher cost does not necessarily mean higher quality care SEATTLE, May 22,

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

March 8, 2018

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

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

February 26, 2018

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

New Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Washington Patients Receive Unnecessary Tests, Procedures, and Treatments

February 1, 2018

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

Washington Health Alliance’s Community Checkup Report Finds Thousands of People in State Fail to Receive Recommended Health Care

December 7, 2017

Third version of Washington State Common Measure Set shows quality of care varies dramatically across state SEATTLE, December 7, 2017. Washington State has a long way to go if it

Washington Health Alliance Selected to Continue Work for National Project to Measure and Compare Healthcare Costs Across U.S. Regions

November 28, 2017

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

Castlight Health Strengthens Health Navigation Platform with Washington Health Alliance Partnership

November 8, 2017

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,