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Washington health care purchasers unify in support of primary care transformation Sydney Kurle | Jan 28, 2021 Share this: The Washington Health Alliance (WHA) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) sent a letter Tuesday joining purchasers in support of the state’s efforts to transform primary care delivery. The letter, sent to the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA), asks providers and health plans to work together with purchasers to generate new payment models for primary care.
Signers of the letter include employers and union trusts that represent upwards of 350,000 people in Washington. Some of the purchasers included are the Association of Washington Cities, King County, Puget Sound Energy, SEIU 775 Benefits Group and the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. ....
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Washington Senate Health and Long-term Care committee hears testimony on Health Equity Zones bill Sydney Kurle | Jan 21, 2021 Share this: The Senate Health and Long Term Care committee heard testimony on SB 5052 on Monday. This bill would require the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to designate health equity zones based on health disparity data. This bill would also ask the DOH to work with community groups to develop projects to address these inequalities.
This bill is modeled after a program in Rhode Island that is run by the state’s department of health. This program uses funding from multiple sources, a combination of state, federal, local, investor and foundation funding, to support neighborhoods and communities in establishing programs to address the social determinants of health. Some of the programs include establishing a community garden to increase access to fresh food and refurbishing old and neglected housing in th ....
Senate Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee hears testimony on the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act Sydney Kurle | Jan 21, 2021 Share this: On Monday, the Washington Senate Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee heard testimony on SB 5115, the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act or (HELSA). The committee heard testimony from around 20 groups about the proposed act. These included labor unions, small business associations, insurance associations and the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA).
HELSA is a bill that aims to provide protections for frontline workers during a public health emergency. One of the bill’s main sponsors is the Chair of the Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee, Sen. Karen Kieser. ....
Leadership in a time of uncertainty with health care leaders Sydney Kurle | Jan 19, 2021 Share this: From PPE shortages, the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing shortages and wildfires, 2020 has thrown as many curveballs as it could to the health care industry in Washington. Gary Kaplan, CEO of Virginia Mason, Ketul Patel, CEO of CHI Franciscan and Beth Johnson, CEO of Coordinated Care, joined us as the final keynote of our 2021 Washington State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference to talk about the lessons they have learned in this unique year.
“It has been really fast paced, but I think one of my takeaways and learnings is the speed of change, and how rapid the environment has evolved and changed,” said Kaplan. “We as leaders, and I think all of us in the health care industry, needed to develop new skill sets related to navigating fast paced, real time change.” ....