Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care to meet next week

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 08/25/2023 03:47 PM PDT

August 25, 2023

Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care to meet next week

On Thursday, August 31, 2023, the Health Care Cost Transparency Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care will meet to discuss:

Primary care payment reform strategies in Oregon
Primary care payment policy context
United Healthcare’s plan perspective reaching the primary care spending target in Rhode Island

This meeting and all future committee meetings will be hybrid meetings. This means attendees may either:

Log into the Zoom meeting
Attend in person to view and participate in the Zoom meeting at the Health Care Authority (HCA)

Meeting details

Thursday, August 31, 2023
2-4 p.m.
Meet on Zoom (no registration required)

Washington State Health Care Authority
Cherry Street Plaza
Sue Crystal conference rooms 106A and 106B
626 8th Avenue SE
Olympia, WA 98501

Visitor map with parking instructions

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Live event captioning available

Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, are available for events, on demand. Scheduling CART services requires a three-week lead-time.

To request this accommodation, please submit a request as soon as possible to:
hcahcctboard@hca.wa.gov

If you make your request less than a week in advance of the event, our language access manager cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.

What’s the Advisory Committee on Primary Care?

This committee provides expert advice to the Health Care Cost Transparency Board to develop recommendations related to the state’s 12 percent primary care spending target. The committee also recommends a definition of primary care and standards for reporting and measuring claims- and non-claims-based spending to the board.

View our roster.

Can I provide public comment or testimony?

Yes. Every committee meeting will have a designated time for public comment. To sign up to provide public comment, please contact us by 5 p.m. on August 30. You can also submit comments in writing at any time.

Where can I get more information?

Visit our Health Care Cost Transparency Board page.
Visit the Advisory Committee on Primary Care page.
Sign up to receive announcements about the Health Care Cost Transparency Board and its advisory committees.

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is committed to health equity, whole-person care, and integrating physical health and behavioral health services for better results and healthier residents.

HCA purchases health care for more than 2.5 million Washington residents through Apple Health (Medicaid), the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) Program, the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Program, and the COFA Islander Health Care Program. As the largest health care purchaser in the state, we lead the effort to transform health care, helping ensure Washington residents have access to better health and better care at a lower cost.

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