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Find Health Care Cost Transparency Board (Cost Board) and advisory committee meeting information, including login details, recordings, and materials.
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To learn more about our advisory committees, visit the Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee, Advisory Committee on Data Issues, and Advisory Committee on Primary Care pages.
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Upcoming meetings
- Health Care Cost Transparency Board
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Date and Time Location Materials Wednesday, July 30, 2024
2–4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 853 9116 9386
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
2–4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 853 9116 9386
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
2–4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 853 9116 9386
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
2–4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 853 9116 9386
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
2–4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 853 9116 9386
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- Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee
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Date and time Location Materials Tuesday, July 30, 2024 This meeting is cancelled.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
2–4 p.m.This joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 831 4259 5993
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Thursday, October 24, 2024 This meeting is canceled.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
2–4 p.m.This joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 831 4259 5993
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- Advisory Committee on Data Issues
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Date and time Location Materials Tuesday, July 30, 2024
2–4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 831 4259 5993
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
2–4 p.m.This joint meeting with the Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 831 4259 5993
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Thursday, October 24, 2024 This meeting is canceled.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
2–4 p.m.This joint meeting with the Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 831 4259 5993
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- Advisory Committee on Primary Care
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Date and time Location Materials Wednesday, June 26, 2024
2-4 p.m.This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA
Meeting ID: 891 6956 2443
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Location and directions
Washington State Health Care Authority
Cherry Street Plaza
Sue Crystal Center, Conference Rooms 106A and 106B
626 8th Ave. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Visitor map with parking instructions
Need an accommodation?
All meetings sponsored by the Health Care Authority meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. To request an accommodation, call 360-725-9400 (TRS: 711).
Past meetings
- 2024
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Health Care Cost Transparency Board
Date Location Topics Materials May 15, 2024
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Presentations on:
- Financial analysis of Washington hospitals
- Business oversight: mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, provider ownerships and closures
- Facility fees
- Consumer medical debt
- Update from the Analytic Support Initiative (ASI)
April 10, 2024 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Legislative updates
- Presentation: medical debt in America
- Discussion and strategy of policy selections from the Cost Board retreat
Board retreat
February 9, 2024This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Affordability presentations from the Office of Insurance Commissioner (OIC) and Attorney General's Office
- Presentations from Cost Boards in other states, including Oregon, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
- Priorities for 2024
Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee
Date Location Topics Materials June 12, 2024
Joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues
The meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at HCA - Welcome new committee chair and new committee members
- Review charter
- Policy discussion on medical debt
- Review of May Cost Board meeting and 2024 workplan
- Analytic Support Initiative (ASI) disease expenditure report & discussion
- Update on provider reporting and methodologies
- The first half of this meeting was just the Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee. View the meeting materials (06/12/2024)
- The second half of this meeting was a joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues. View the meeting materials for the joint meeting (06/12/2024)
March 7, 2024
Joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues
The meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at HCA - Legislative updates
- Cost Board workplan and discussion
- 2024 Data Call
January 18, 2024
Joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues
The meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at HCA - Making Care Primary: next steps and implications
- Policies and strategies to reach the 12% primary care expenditure target
- Presentations on workforce development.
Advisory Committee on Data Issues
Date Location Topics Materials June 12, 2024
Joint meeting with the Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee
The meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at HCA - Review of May Cost Board meeting and 2024 workplan
- Analytic Support Initiative (ASI) disease expenditure report & discussion
- Update on provider reporting and methodologies
- Welcome new committee chair
- Data sources for facility fees
- Data sources for business oversight
- The first half of this meeting was a joint meeting with the Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee. View the meeting materials for the joint meeting (06/12/2024)
- The second half of this meeting was just the Advisory Committee on Data Issues. View the meeting materials (06/12/2024)
March 7, 2024
Joint meeting with the Health Care Stakeholders Advisory Committee
The meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at HCA - Legislative updates
- Cost Board workplan and discussion
- 2024 Data Call
January 18, 2024
Joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues
The meeting was held on Zoom and in-person at HCA - Making Care Primary: next steps and implications
- Policies and strategies to reach the 12% primary care expenditure target
- Presentations on workforce development.
Advisory Committee on Primary Care
Date Location Topics Materials May 30, 2024 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Potential policy recommendation on strategies for increasing the primary care expenditure ratio
- Advisory Committee on Primary Care wrap up for 2024
- Next steps for the Advisory Committee on Primary Care
April 25, 2024 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Timeline and voting for policy primary care recommendations
- Policy recommendations:
- Patient engagement: issues, background, and recent developments
- Measuring primary care expenditure targets on a per-member-per-month (PMPM) basis
- Engaging patients through shared decision making in Washington State
March 28, 2024 This meeting was cancelled. February 29, 2024 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Workforce development (committee members will be voting whether to bring these policy recommendations to the Cost Board)
- Aligning primary care and public health to advance prevention and whole person care in Washington
- Multi-payer collaborative alignment
- Primary Care Transformation Model
January 23, 2024 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Making Care Primary: next steps and implications
- Policies and strategies to reach the 12% primary care expenditure target
- Presentations on workforce development.
Meeting materials (01/23/2024) Watch the meeting (01/23/2024) View the meeting summary (01/23/2024) Nomination Committee
Date Location Topics Materials April 23, 2024 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA - Committee charter
- HB 1508 updates
- Recruitment strategies and committee applications
- Presentations on:
- 2023
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Meeting Date Location Materials Health Care Cost Transparency Board December 7, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers December 5, 2023 This meeting was cancelled. Advisory Committee on Primary Care November 28, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee on Primary Care October 26, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Health Care Cost Transparency Board October 18, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee on Data Issues October 3, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee on Primary Care September 28, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers September 7, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee on Primary Care August 31, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee on Primary Care July 25, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Health Care Cost Transparency Board July 18, 2023 This meeting was cancelled Advisory Committee on Primary Care June 28, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Health Care Cost Transparency Board June 21, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers
Advisory Committee on Data Issues
June 6, 2023 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Primary Care May 25, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA Health Care Cost Transparency Board May 17, 2023 This meeting was cancelled Advisory Committee on Primary Care April 27, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board April 19, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues April 4, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Primary Care March 30, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers March 7, 2023 This meeting was cancelled. Advisory Committee on Primary Care February 23, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board February 15, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers
Advisory Committee on Data Issues
February 7, 2023 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Primary Care January 31, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom - 2022
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Meeting Date Location Materials Health Care Cost Transparency Board December 14, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers December 1, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Primary Care November 21, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board November 16, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues November 1, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Primary Care October 25, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board October 19, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers October 5, 2022 This meeting was cancelled. Advisory Committee on Primary Care September 28, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board September 21, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues September 8, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board August 17, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers August 3, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board July 20, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board June 15, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues July 8, 2022 This meeting was canceled This meeting was canceled to allow additional time for staff to work on the implementation of the Cost Driver Analysis. Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers June 2, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board May 18, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues May 5, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board April 20, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers April 6, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board March 16, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues March 1, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board February 16, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers February 1, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues January 31, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board January 19, 2022 The meeting was held on Zoom - 2021
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Meeting Date Location Materials Health Care Cost Transparency Board December 15, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board November 17, 2021 This meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues October 28, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board October 14, 2021 This board meeting was cancelled The meeting was canceled to allow additional time for staff to work with the Advisory Committee on Data Issues on recommendations related to the benchmark data call. The board will meet again in November. Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers September 30, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom - View the materials book (09/30/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (09/30/2021)
- Watch the meeting (09/30/2021)
Health Care Cost Transparency Board September 14, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues September 8, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom Health Care Cost Transparency Board August 17, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee on Data Issues August 10, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers July 29, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom - View the materials book (07/29/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (07/29/2021)
- Watch the meeting (07/29/2021)
Health Care Cost Transparency Board July 19, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom - View the board book (07/19/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (07/19/2021)
- Note: we experienced technical difficulties and were unable to record this meeting.
Advisory Committee on Data Issues July 8, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom - View the materials book (07/08/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (07/08/2021)
- Watch the meeting (07/08/2021)
Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers June 29, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom - View the materials book (06/29/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (06/29/2021)
- Watch the meeting (06/29/2021)
Health Care Cost Transparency Board June 16, 2021
The meeting was held on Zoom
- View the board book (06/16/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (06/16/2021)
- Watch the meeting
Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers May 25, 2021 The meeting was held on Zoom - View the materials book (05/25/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (05/21/2021)
- Watch the meeting (05/21/2021)
Health Care Cost Transparency Board May 13, 2021
The meeting was held on Zoom
- View the board book (05/13/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (05/13/2021)
- Watch the meeting
Advisory Committee of Health Care Providers and Carriers April 27, 2021
The meeting was held on Zoom
Health Care Cost Transparency Board April 13, 2021
The meeting was held on Zoom
- View the board book (04/13/2021), which includes the agenda, presentation materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (04/13/2021)
- Watch the meeting
Health Care Cost Transparency Board March 15, 2021
The meeting was held on Zoom
- View the board book (03/15/2021), which includes the agenda, presentations, and more
- Read the meeting summary (03/15/2021)
- Watch the meeting
Health Care Cost Transparency Board February 18, 2021
The meeting was held on Zoom
- View the board book (02/18/2021), which includes the agenda, presentations, background materials, and more
- Read the meeting summary (02/18/2021)
- Listen to the meeting