WA Health Alliance
@WAHealthCheckup
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The Washington Health Alliance brings together those who give, get and pay for health care. We produce the Community Checkup: https://t.co/dLjamarK7z.
Seattle, WA
Joined October 2008
RT @A_Ciaccia: As we showed in our study with @WSPARX and @WAHealthCheckup, PBM-owned mail/specialty pharmacies achieve approximately 3x ma….
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Catch up with the Alliance as we look back at the successes of the low back pain collaborative, share recommendations for improving sexual health screening and more.
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RT @3AxisAdvisors: Mail-order pharmacies add much bigger markups: Washington state groups @Think_Allison @Benefits_PRO @WSPARX @WAHealthChe….
benefitspro.com
For brand-name drugs, the average margin gap may be more than $65 per 30-day prescription.
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RT @WSMA_CEO: For a stronger health care workforce, WA needs more physician residency slots—a priority for the physician community. Learn m….
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RT @ntlalliancehlth: “What do we do in a world in which litigants can district shop [and] find a judge that will clearly side with you? And….
fiercehealthcare.com
Healthcare legal observers are still reacting to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to gut the Chevron doctrine, fundamentally altering the power federal agencies have to handle regulations as the |...
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RT @A_Ciaccia: If you’re someone like me that was looking for another example to add to hundreds of other proven examples of PBMs overcharg….
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RT @WA_Health_Care: Today we hosted a coalition of primary care payers, purchasers, and providers to celebrate the signing of a memorandum….
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RT @ntlalliancehlth: URGENT MEMBER WEBINAR // Implications for Employers of Supreme Court Decision Ending #ChevronDoctrine . Legal & policy….
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RT @ntlalliancehlth: This webinar offers insights into simple workplace accommodations & highly successful non-surgical treatments for UI,….
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RT @A_Ciaccia: PBMs defend spread pricing as a benefit for plan sponsors to mitigate risks on drug pricing variability. But often, PBM spr….
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RT @ntlalliancehlth: Employers are often paying hospitals more than 2x what’s required to break even, with some prices reaching over 300-50….
nationalalliancehealth.org
Supporting employers in efforts to stop paying indefensible hospital prices.
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RT @3AxisAdvisors: “While PBM-affiliated mail-order pharmacies may claim to keep your drug costs down, the new research shows otherwise.”….
king5.com
A groundbreaking new study sheds light on how much a mysterious middleman in the RX industry is impacting patients and local pharmacies.
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RT @3AxisAdvisors: Our latest drug pricing deep-dive reveals the divide between pharmacies and employers at the pharmacy counter @WSPARX @W….
wsj.com
One employer was paying about $100 for a prescription for a generic antidepressant, though it could be bought elsewhere for about $12.
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Interested in high-cost care, getting to the right price on pharmacy benefits and hospital pricing? Our latest newsletter covers this and more. Sign up to receive it monthly!.#costofcare #wahealth #wacheckup.
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Join us today!.
June 12: Join Comagine Health, @FHCQ_WA and @WAHealthCheckup for “Analytics for the Intersection of Equity and Value,” the second of a three-part webinar series on catalysts for change in health care. Register at #HealthEquity #ValueBasedCare
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Hospital pricing levels are a key part of the health care cost equation. So we are digging in on that and more during an event today (June 6) in Seattle. #hospitalpricetransparency #costofcare
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RT @ComagineHealth: Join Comagine Health, along with the @FHCQ_WA and the @WAHealthCheckup, for “Analytics for the Intersection of Equity a….
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Join us on June 12 for a discussion on how data can support efforts in our state to provide equitable, high-quality care. #healthequity #wahealth.
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Bad things can happen when the companies you hire to make drugs cheaper also make more money when those drugs are more expen….
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"We found employers consistently getting charged more than pharmacies were being paid," says @A_Ciaccia of his orgs analysis of commercial prescription claims in Washington state. #phamarcybenefits #wahealth
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