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Join the Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee of Health Care Cost Transparency Board (Cost Board) as they meet on Thursday, February 19. The meeting will include:
- Updates from the January 28 Cost Board meeting
- 2026 workplan overview
- Update from the Office of Financial Management on revising the State Health Plan
- Market oversight overview presentation
- Market oversight panel discussion
For our hybrid meeting, we're moving from Zoom to Teams for the first time. We'll take some time to familiarize you with the new platform in the meeting. Read this Teams Meeting Quick Start Manual to learn more.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Thursday, February 19 2–4 p.m.
All Cost Board meetings are hybrid meetings. This means attendees may either:
- Log into the Teams meeting
- Attend in person to view and participate in the Teams meeting at HCA
Washington State Health Care Authority Cherry Street Plaza Sue Crystal conference rooms 106A and 106B 626 8th Avenue SE Olympia, WA 98501
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Live event captioning 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.
Provide public comment or testimony
During every Cost Board meeting, there's designated time for public comment. We encourage you to sign up for public comment by 5 p.m. on February 18.
You can also submit comments in writing at any time. All feedback is shared with Cost Board members.
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The Cost 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 (health care plans)
- Reporting annually to the Legislature, including providing recommendations for lowering health care costs
Where can I find more information?
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