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Announcement of webinar topic change: You do not need to re-register for this February 14, noon to 1 p.m. webinar. Thank you for joining the conversation. 

The future of Healthier Washington

The first webinar in the 2019 Healthier Washington Quarterly Webinar series will explore the future of Healthier Washington, as the initiative moves into a new phase.

Healthier Washington's State Innovation Model (SIM) grant ends in just two weeks, on January 31. This four-year, federal grant sparked the creation of the multi-sector, multi-agency Healthier Washington initiative. It kicked off the state-led portion of health systems transformation, and built a new foundation for health system change.

Healthier Washington remains focused on:

• Care that supports the whole person.
• A payment system that rewards value rather than volume, and supports providers to succeed. 
• A collaborative, regional, and community-based approach. 

A question and answer period will follow the presentation.

Presenters are:

• Sue Birch, Director, Washington State Health Care Authority
• Bonnie Wennerstrom, SIM Project Director and Healthier Washington Connector, HCA
• Maria Courogen, Special Assistant, Systems Transformation, Department of Health 
• Kennedy Soileau, Deputy Director, Communications, HCA

Date: Thursday, February 14
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
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Next in this webinar series: Tribal health systems and Medicaid Transformation 
Date: Thursday, May 9
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
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Resources:

• Learn more about Healthier Washington.
• Subscribe to Foundations, the Foundational Community Supports newsletter.
• Explore HCA Connect - Stories of health care transformation in Washington State.

The project described was supported by Funding Opportunity Number CMS-1G1-14-001 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS or any of its agencies.