Attend the Health Care Cost Transparency Board's December meeting

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 12/05/2023 08:00 AM PST

December 5, 2023

Attend the Health Care Cost Transparency Board's December meeting

On Thursday, December 7, 2023, the Health Care Cost Transparency Board (Cost Board) will meet to discuss:

Analytic support initiative
Benchmark and analytic status report

Meeting details

December 7, 2023
2-4 p.m.

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

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

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

View our visitor map with parking instructions

View the meeting materials

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.

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 at hcahcctboard@hca.wa.gov by 5 p.m. on December 6. You can also submit comments in writing at any time.

What’s the Health Care Cost Transparency Board?

The board is responsible for reducing the state's health care cost growth by:

Determining the state's total health care expenditures.
Identifying cost trends and cost drivers in the health care system.
Setting a health care cost growth benchmark for providers and payers.
Reporting annually to the Legislature, including providing recommendations for lowering health care costs.

View our Cost Board roster.

Attend the December 7 meeting on Zoom

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.

Please do not reply directly to this message. For more information, visit the HCA website, where you'll also find contact information.

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