Alliance Team Members Join Health Care Cost Transparency Board Data Committee
The Washington State Health Care Cost Transparency Board (HCCTB), created by House Bill 2457, is charged with reducing health care growth and increasing price transparency in Washington state. To help conduct its work, the HCCTB has an Advisory Committee on Health Care Providers and Carriers and an Advisory Committee on Data Issues.
The Data Advisory Committee will provide advice to the board on determining cost drivers and informing the annual legislative reports on the cost benchmark and benchmark performance. At its May 10th meeting, the HCCTB announced Alliance Director of Data Management and Analytics Mark Pregler and Director of Performance Improvement and Innovation Karen Johnson as new members of the Data Issues Committee.
The first meeting of the Data Issues Committee will be held on July 8th. The next meeting of the HCCTB is June 16th.