SWACH’s opioid lead talks about regional efforts to address the opioid crisis. Five questions is a new SWACH web series in which we chat with regional experts about key issues related to health and equity in Southwest Washington. We’re kicking off the series with an interview with SWACH’s own Eric-McNair Scott, who heads up a […]
Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health (SWACH) today announced the selection of Barbe West as executive director. Barbe will lead SWACH in its ongoing collaborative efforts to improve health and health equity in Southwest Washington. Barbe’s experience includes nine years as the executive director of the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington. The nonprofit Free Clinic provides and […]
SWACH encourages providers in Clark, Klickitat and Skamania counties to participate in Washington State Health Care Authority’s annual survey to measure the use of value-based payments. HCA uses this survey to track progress toward the statewide goal of paying for value-based care. It also helps identify challenges providers face when considering new payment arrangements and […]
SWACH Offers Medication Assisted Treatment Training in Vancouver. Training helps Southwest Washington providers respond to opioid crisis. SWACH is offering a no-cost Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) training course on August 18, 2018 to help build capacity for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Southwest Washington. The training is part of a regional effort to […]
In early June, SWACH invited more than 200 organizations in Clark, Klickitat and Skamania Counties to provide feedback on the draft Clinical Transformation Plan (CTP) process, a key step in our region’s Medicaid Transformation effort. The CTP is a high level plan for transforming healthcare for the Medicaid population. It’s also a key step to […]
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