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New tools empower health care providers and first responders in Washington to act on opioid use disorder
Medications like buprenorphine and methadone are an underused tool in the fight against the opioid crisis. New resources are ...
Food and Survival: Why Fry Bread is Not a Novelty Food
For Indigenous peoples, food is more than what’s on the plate — it’s a connection to land, culture, and identity. Before colo...
Traditional Medicine Meets Modern Systems: Tribal Health Innovation
For thousands of years, Indigenous communities have cared for their people through traditional healing practices like sweat l...Apple Health
60 years of Medicaid: A legacy of care in Washington State
To recognize Medicaid’s 60th anniversary on July 30, we asked a few staff at the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA)...
Apple Health is Medicaid: What you need to know
If you live in Washington State and qualify for Medicaid, you might know it by another name—Apple Health.
Apple Health coverage provides ‘grandfamily’ increased security and peace of mind
Izaak, a 12-year-old middle school student in Spokane, loves to travel and has often told his grandmother, Sandra, he wants t...Behavioral Health
New tools empower health care providers and first responders in Washington to act on opioid use disorder
Medications like buprenorphine and methadone are an underused tool in the fight against the opioid crisis. New resources are ...
Navigating the Perinatal Journey: Mental Wellness Tools for Every Step
HCA's new provider toolkit supporting perinatal mental wellness
Friends for Life: Overdose prevention through community-based partnerships
When working to prevent overdose deaths in Washington’s communities, funded partnerships with community-based and cultural or...Health equity
Doula benefit provides support and an advocate
Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) covers birth doula services. Learn how this new benefit helps improve health equity in Was...
The REL project: Expanding our PEBB and SEBB demographic data
When someone begins working for the state of Washington, a school district, or participating employer group, they fill out th...
Equity in hiring and recruiting
Robin Vazquez was our Employee Resources Division (ERD) director from October 2021 to March 2025. In this article, she shares...Employee and retiree benefits
FSA and DCAP help family save on medical and childcare expenses
Kelsie sets aside money pretax using the FSA and DCAP to pay for out-of-pocket expenses.
Massage therapy benefits focus on body, mind, and spirit
V. Wiss uses massage and wellness benefits to counteract stress and live a healthy life.