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The Health Care Cost Transparency Board announcements include new resources, reminders about upcoming meetings, and updates on their efforts toward their ultimate goal of reducing the overall trend of health care cost growth in Washington State.

For more information about meetings for the Cost Board and its advisory committees, including log-in details, recordings, and materials, visit the Meetings and materials page.

2024 announcements

Past announcements

2023

Date	Title
December 5	Attend the Health Care Cost Transparency Board's December meeting
November 22	Attend the Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care meeting
October 24	Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care to meet this Thursday
October 20	What can states do to get rising health care costs under control? This op-ed explains how.
October 2	Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Data Issues to meet Tuesday
September 26	Attend the Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care meeting
September 5	Cost Board’s Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers to meet this week
August 25	Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care to meet next week
July 27	Health Care Cost Transparency Board, Health Care Authority receive $1.7 million grant
July 21	Cost Board's Advisory Committee on Primary Care to meet next Tuesday
July 12	Health Care Cost Transparency Board's July meeting canceled
June 23	Cost Board's Advisory Committee on Primary Care to meet next Wednesday
June 20	Attend the Health Care Cost Transparency Board's June meeting
June 2	Joint meeting of the Cost Board's advisory committees coming up
May 31	Peterson Center on Healthcare announces a $1.7 million grant to Washington State Health Care Authority to identify and address drivers of health care cost growth
April 13	April Health Care Cost Transparency Board meeting coming up
March 2	Cost Board's March 7 Advisory Committee of Providers and Carriers meeting canceled
January 3	WA Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Providers and Carriers meeting postponed to February 7, 2023

2022

Date	Title
September 27	Check out the WA Cost Board’s Advisory Committee on Primary Care webpage
September 23	WA’s Cost Board forms new advisory committee
September 6	WA Cost Board’s data issues committee to meet Thursday
August 2	New resources available for those providing health care cost data to WA cost board
June 7	Washington is working to lower health care costs and increase transparency. This new resource explains how.
April 29	Cost Board’s data call will set baseline for tracking state's growth in spending
March 29	Health Care Cost Transparency Board taking steps toward making health care more affordable
February 18	Washington State continues efforts on health care cost containment