Links to health policy organizations and agencies
Links to common national health policy and research organizations, and state and federal agencies whose missions revolve around health policy.
State Agencies
- Department of Health
- State Board of Health
- Department of Social and Health Services
- Caseload Forecast Council
- Health Care Authority
- Office of the Insurance Commissioner
- Department of Labor and Industries
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
- Washington State Institute for Public Policy
- Department of Employment Security
- University of Washington Resource Center for Health Policy
- Washington Research Council
National Health Policy and Research Organizations
- AcademyHealth
- American Enterprise Institute
- Brookings Institute
- CATO Institute
- Alliance for Health Reform
- Center for Studying Health System Change
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Commonwealth Fund
- Economic and Research Institute
- Heritage Foundation
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Mathematica Health Policy Research
- National Academy for State Health Policy
- National Academy of Sciences: Health and Medicine Division
- National Health Policy Forum
- RAND Health
- Research Triangle Institute
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- State Health Access Data Assistance Center
- Urban Institute
Federal Agencies
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (U.S. Health and Human Services) - The Federal matching percentages are used to determine the amount of Federal matching funds for state welfare and medical programs.
