Robert Bree Collaborative - 1f312bc4-6e66-e411-8d8b-005056ba7b6d

Board ID
1f312bc4-6e66-e411-8d8b-005056ba7b6d
Board Title
Robert Bree Collaborative
Board Description
Provides a mechanism through which public and private health care purchasers, health carriers, and providers can work together to identity effective means to improve quality health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of care. The collaborative also identifies and reviews certain high-variation or high-utilization health care services in Washington state that do produce better care outcomes for patients. The collaborative also considers and develops strategies that promote improved care outcomes, such as patient decision aids, provider feedback reports, centers of excellence or other provider qualification standards, and research to improve care quality and outcomes.
Authorizing Source
RCW 70.250.050
Total Positions
27
Governor Appointments
27
Member Term Years
0
Member Compensation
None
Member Qualification
Three representatives of self-funded purchasers for employees; Two representatives of health carriers or third party administrators that have the most fully insured and self-funded covered lives in Washington state; One representative of a health maintenance organization having the most fully insured and self-insured covered lives in Washington state; One representative of a national health carrier, chosen from among three nominees submitted by the association of Washington health plans ; Two physicians, one of which is a primary care provider (either a family physician, an internal medicine physician, or a general pediatrician), representing clinics with fewer than 50 physicians, selected from lists of nominees submitted by the Washington state medical association ; Two physicians representing the largest hospital-based physician systems in the state, selected from a list of five nominees submitted jointly by the Washington state medical association and the Washington state hospital association; One osteopathic physician selected from a list of five nominees submitted by the Washington state osteopathic medical association; Three representatives of hospital systems, at least one of which is responsible for quality, submitted from a list of six nominees from the Washington state hospital association; Two representatives of state-purchased health care programs; and One representative of the Puget Sound Health Alliance.
Policy Area
Public Disclosure Required
False
Legislative Confirmation Required
False
Statutory Term Limits
Committee has internal term limits within their bylaws. They will notify us when members' terms expire