State Quality Improvement Institute:
Washington

Team Leader
Richard Onizuka, Ph.D.
Health Policy Director
Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA)

Richard Onizuka is director of Health Care Policy for the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), a cabinet agency providing health care for over 400,000 covered lives in the Basic Health Program and the Public Employees Benefits Board.  At HCA, he oversees policy development, legislation and programs related to Governor Gregoire’s five point strategy for improving health care.

State Updates
April 2010
February 2010
December 2009
October 2009
August 2009 
July 2009 
March 2009 
February 2009 
December 2008 
November 2008 
September 2008 

Action Plans
October 2009
September 2008

State Generated Resources
Legislation

• Chapter 295: Primary Care Pilot Projects
• Chapter 305: Antitrust legislation for the Primary Care Medical Home Reimbursement Projects 

Additional Resources

• Payment Options and Learning Collaborative Work In Support of Primary Care Medical Homes
• Washington Shared Decision Making/Patient Decision Aid (STM/PDA) Collaborative
• Shared Decision Making/Patient Decision Aid Project FAQs
• Medical Homes Project
• Memo to Multi-Payer Reimbursement Pilot Participant Group
• Washington Patient-Centered Medical Home Collaborative Learning Session 2 Agenda
  March 29-30 2010
• Provider Input on Reimbursement Models

State Quality Improvement Institute Team

Richard Onizuka, Ph.D. (Team Leader)
Health Policy Director, Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA)

Susie Dade, M.P.A.
Director of Quality Improvement and Administration, Puget Sound Health Alliance

Jenny Hamilton
Senior Health Policy Coordinator, Governor’s Office of Financial Management 

MaryAnne Lindeblad, R.N., M.P.H. 
Director, Division of Healthcare Services, Department of Social and Health Services – Health and Recovery Services Administration

Steve Lewis
Senior Health Policy Analyst, Washington State Health Care Authority

Scott Plack, M.P.A. 
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Group Health Cooperative 

Jan Norman
Director, Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, Washington State Department of Health

Jonathan Seib, J.D., M.P.A.
Executive Policy Advisor, Governor Gregoire’s Executive Policy Office