This morning, NRHI member Washington Health Alliance (WHA) announced staggering results of using their waste calculator to measure low-value healthcare service use in Washington state. The story notes that in Washington state numerous residents receive care on an annual basis that they don’t need – this is contributing to our healthcare affordability cost overall.
WHA has had story pickup from:
- The News Tribune
- ProPublica
- NPR
- Health Payer Intelligence
- Cardiovascular Business
- Health Exec
- Modern Healthcare
- Health News Review
- Healthcare Dive
- Raw Story
- FierceHealthcare
Read the full press release by visiting WHA’s website.