Robert Bree Collaborative
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.
Board Website
Policy Area
Health
Governor Appointments
27
Total Board Positions
27
Public Disclosure Required?
No
Senate Confirmation Required?
No
Compensation
None
Term Length (years) At Pleasure
Statutory Term Limits
Committee has internal term limits within their bylaws. They will notify us when members' terms expire
Board Requirements
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.
Current Members
| Position Number | Member Name | Term Begin | Term End |
Position Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Zerzan, Judy | 09/19/2018 | 01/01/2075* | state purchased health care programs representative |
| 20 | Franklin, Gary | 08/01/2011 | state purchased health care programs representative | |
| 17 | Marchand, Gregory | 08/01/2011 | self-funded purchasers of health care services for employees | |
| 15 | Daly, Colleen | 02/11/2022 | 01/01/2075* | self-funded purchasers of health care services for employees |
| 21 | VACANT | self-funded purchasers of health care services for employees | ||
| 18 | Eloranta, Sharon | 02/11/2022 | 01/01/2075* | Puget Sound Health Alliance representative |
| 7 | Haugen, Mark | 02/04/2021 | 01/01/2075* | Practicing primary care physician representing clinic with less than 50 physicians - (nominee from WA Medical Assoc.) |
| 5 | Freed, Stuart | 08/01/2011 | Practicing primary care physician representing a large multispecialty clinic with 50 or more physicians (nominee from WA Medical Assoc.) | |
| 10 | Pieper, Kevin | 02/04/2021 | 01/01/2075* | Physician representing largest hospital-based physician system in WA (nominated jointly by WA Medical Assoc. and WA State Hospital Assoc.) |
| 11 | Kamo, Norifumi | 02/04/2021 | 01/01/2075* | Physician representing largest hospital-based physician system in WA (nominated jointly by WA Medical Assoc. and WA State Hospital Assoc.) |
| 8 | Olden, Carl | 08/01/2011 | Physician representing clinic with less than 50 physicians (nominee from WA Medical Assoc.) | |
| 6 | Dugdale, David | 02/04/2021 | 01/01/2075* | Physician representing a large multispecialty clinic with 50 or more physicians (nominee from WA Medical Assoc.) |
| 9 | Egwuatu, Patricia | 01/30/2023 | 01/01/2075* | Osteopathic physician (nominee from WA State Osteopathic Medical Assoc.) |
| 4 | Sparks, Angela | 01/30/2023 | 01/01/2075* | National health carrier operating in multiple states outside of the Pacific NW (nominated by Association of WA Health Plans) |
| 13 | Moore, Kimberly | 08/26/2014 | Hospital systems representative responsible for quality (nominee from WA State Hospital Assoc.) | |
| 14 | Jaffe, Darcy | 05/14/2019 | 01/01/2075* | Hospital systems representative (nominee from WA State Hospital Assoc.) |
| 12 | Altaras, June | 01/30/2023 | 01/01/2075* | Hospital systems representative (nominee from WA State Hospital Assoc.) |
| 3 | Fields, Colin | 01/30/2023 | 01/01/2075* | Health Maintenance Organization with the most fully insured and self-insured covered lives in WA |
| 1 | Quistgaard, Susanne | 02/04/2021 | 01/01/2075* | Health carrier or third-party administrator with the most fully insured and self-insured covered lives in WA |
| 2 | Saint Clair, Nicole | 01/30/2023 | 01/01/2075* | Health carrier or third-party administrator with the most fully insured and self-insured covered lives in WA |
| 22 | Straley, Hugh | 03/03/2015 | General Public | |
| 25 | O'Neill, Mary | 11/15/2014 | 01/01/2075* | Discretionary Additional Appointee |
| 26 | Dade, Susanne | 02/04/2021 | 01/01/2075* | Discretionary Additional Appointee |
| 27 | VACANT | Discretionary Additional Appointee | ||
| 16 | VACANT | Discretionary Additional Appointee | ||
| 24 | VACANT | Discretionary Additional Appointee |
