Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Data Issues to meet Tuesday

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 10/02/2023 08:30 AM PDT

October 2, 2023

Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Data Issues to meet Tuesday

On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, the Health Care Cost Transparency Board’s Advisory Committee on Data Issues will meet to discuss:

Washington Hospital Costs, Price, and Profit Analysis: Second Level Analysis
Analytic Support Initiative
Advisory Committee on Primary Care: Non-Claims Based Measurement Recommendation

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

Tuesday, October 3, 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

Live event captioning may be available

Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, may be available for this event, on demand.

To request this accommodation, please submit a request as soon as possible. We will make every effort to accommodate this request but cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.

What’s the Advisory Committee on Data Issues?

This advisory committee is a sub-committee of the Health Care Cost Transparency Board. This committee will provide expert advice to the board on data calls and in the analysis of existing data sources to determine cost drivers. Information gathered from data calls will also be used to inform:

Annual legislative reports on the cost benchmark.
Benchmark performance.
The identification of cost drivers in the health care system.

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 October 2. You can also submit comments in writing at any time.

Where can I get more information?

Visit our Health Care Cost Transparency Board webpage
Visit the Advisory Committee on Data Issues webpage
Sign up to receive announcements about the Health Care Cost Transparency Board and the 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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