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Who is Washington Hospital Services?

WHS is the services arm of the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA), providing a wide range of industry knowledge to help providers elevate the quality and efficiency of their patient care and business operations. In addition to offering in-house expertise in peer review, workforce education, third party workers comp administration and more, we connect health care organizations to a carefully curated set of Preferred Partners with proven, highly specialized competencies.

By seamlessly combining this collective experience, WHS seeks to help health care organizations best serve their communities.

WHS leverages the collective expertise and experience of Washington’s health care leaders to help hospitals and other organizations care for their communities.

FAQs

Washington Hospital Services is the services arm of the Washington State Hospital Association. Our mission is to serve as a vehicle for collaboration, inspiration, and a progressive partnership on behalf of all WSHA members.  WHS provides our members with innovative and affordable business solutions.

WHS has an extensive vetting process that begins with an application that confirms that the partner has a viable company, offers a needed service, and offers superior customer service and pricing.  If the service is highly technical, staff will consult with hospital subject matter experts to help select a vendor.  The final step in the process includes extensive reference checks both in Washington State and nationwide.

Absolutely not. We serve organizations in many industries.

United claims management is the vehicle through which we deliver third party worker’s compensation and unemployment claims management services to our clients, health care and non-health care alike.

Simply call or e-mail from our Contact page.

Our people

Executive Leadership

Ed Phippen
President, WHS
(206) 216-2556
edp@wsha.org

Brian Earl
Sr. Director of Safety & Claim Services
(206) 216-2534
(206) 577-1898
BrianE@wsha.org

Workers’ Compensation

Connie Pray
Assistant Director, Client Services and Compliance
P: (206) 216-2540
F: (206) 577-1910
ConnieP@wsha.org

Nate Beyene
Medical Only Adjudicator
P: (206) 216-2548
nateb@wsha.org

Eric Gutzwiler
Safety Manager
P: (206) 577-1811
F: (206) 577-1898
EricG@wsha.org

Taren Beck
Time Loss Adjudicator
P: (206)-216-2522
F: (206) 577-1921
tarenb@wsha.org

Patricia Wilder
Time Loss Adjudicator
P: (206) 577-1801
patty@wsha.org

Hunter Stavnes 
Back-Up Time Loss Adjudicator
P: 206-216-2531   
F: 206-577-1802
hunters@wsha.org

Mike Toney
Claims Assistant
P: (206) 216-2542
michaelt@wsha.org

Unemployment Compensation

Brian Earl
Sr. Director of Safety & Claim Services
P: (206) 216-2534
F: (206) 577-1898
BrianE@wsha.org

Hunter Stavnes 
Adjudicator
P: 206-216-2531   
F: 206-577-1802
hunters@wsha.org

Peer Review and Compliance Audits

Rich Boucher
Assistant Director, Quality & Clinical Services
P: (206) 216-2504
richb@wsha.org

Pat Seaman
Program Coordinator, Quality & Clinical Services
P: (206) 216-2543
F: (206) 577-1942
pats@wsha.org

Industry Partners and Sponsorships

Cynthia Hay
Director, Business Solutions
P: 206-216-2526
CynthiaH@wsha.org

Board Members

Carrie Youngblood
Chief People Officer, UW Medicine Valley Medical Center
Chair

Hilary Whittington
CFO, MultiCare Institutes
Past Chair

Kym Clift
CEO, Tri-State Memorial
Vice Chair

Chris Bredeson
COO, EvergreenHealth 
Member at Large

Brian Ivie
CEO, Skagit Regional Health
Member at Large

Robert Mach 
CEO/Superintendent, Arbor Health
Member at Large

Chad Melton
President, St. Michael Medical
Center
Member at Large

Jason Moulding
Vice President, Supply Chain Management, MultiCare Health System
Member at Large

Tina Toner
CNO, Jefferson Healthcare
Member at Large

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