Press Releases

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 to the polls in two weeks, the Washington Health Alliance is convening a one-day summit of health care thought leaders to discuss possible solutions to the crisis ...

Nancy Giunto was one of four expert witnesses from across US to be invited for the September 18 Hearing on Reducing Health Care Costs. SEATTLE – Nancy Giunto, Executive Director of the Washington Health Alliance, was invited to provide testimony Tuesday, September 18, 2018 before the US Senate Committee on Health; Education; Labor; and Pensions ...

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 – The Washington Health Alliance today released the first report in the state to publicly combine scores on quality, patient experience, and cost for Washington hospitals. Ranking ...

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 from Boeing, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GE healthymagination, and leaders of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (RHICs) agreed that the healthcare industry cannot fix ...

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 of patients said they did not get help finding out the cost of a recommended health care treatment or medication beforehand SEATTLE, Feb. 26, 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 tool called the MedInsight Health Waste Calculator to measure health care waste and put a price tag on overuse SEATTLE, Feb. 1, 2018 – In ...

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 is to achieve excellence in the delivery of health care. That’s the key finding of the third results for the Washington State Common Measure Set ...

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 selected by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) to continue work on NRHI’s Total Cost of Care (TCoC) project. NRHI is a national organization ...

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, Inc. (NYSE: CSLT) announced a new partnership with the Washington Health Alliance, the state’s leader in healthcare cost and quality transparency. The partnership integrates Castlight’s ...

New site breaks new ground in the ways it allows visitors to use data to promote transparency and value-based purchasing  SEATTLE, February 22, 2017 –The Washington Health Alliance (the Alliance) today announced the launch of its new Community Checkup website, its signature site with detailed results on the quality of care  and patient experience within ...

The Washington Health Alliance and The Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative issue call to action for providers and health plans to address opioid prescribing for acute, short-term pain SEATTLE, January 9, 2017—Two groups representing Washington state health care organizations issued a call to action today inviting health care leaders across the state to join a coordinated ...

As many as one in six women age 45–64 in some communities were prescribed opioids in a one-year period SEATTLE, August 11, 2016 – On average, more than one in 12 commercially and Medicaid insured adults in Washington received at least one prescription for an opioid in a one-year period covered by a report issued today ...