Join the Cost Board next Wednesday

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 03/18/2026 06:34 AM PDT

March 17, 2026

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Cost Board meets next Wednesday

Join the Health Care Cost Transparency Board (Cost Board) meeting on Wednesday, March 25. The meeting will include:

Review of 2026 legislative session
Presentation on drivers of health care costs in Washington
Introduction to primary care topic and workforce challenges
Presentation by Oregon’s market oversight program

For our hybrid meeting, we’re moving from Zoom to Teams. 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!

View the meeting materials

Meeting details

Wednesday, March 25
2–5 p.m.

This meeting and all future Cost Board meetings will be 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

View our visitor map with parking instructions

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 March 24.

You can also submit comments in writing at any time. All feedback is shared with Cost Board members.

Learn more

What’s the Health Care Cost Transparency Board?

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
Reporting annually to the Legislature, including providing recommendations for lowering health care costs

Where can I find more information?

Visit our website:
Sign up to receive announcements about the Cost Board and its advisory committees.

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

Functioning as both the state's largest health care purchaser and its behavioral health authority, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is a leader in ensuring Washington residents have the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

There are three pillars of our work: Apple Health (Medicaid); the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) programs; and behavioral health and recovery. Under these pillars, HCA purchases health care, including behavioral health treatment for more than 2.7 million Washington residents and provides behavioral health prevention, crisis, and recovery supports to all Washington residents.

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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