Meeting Dates and Materials

November 29, 2013 (Senate Health & Long-Term Care Work Session)

• Agenda
• Bree Collaborative: Overview and Year One Achievements, Steve Hill & Rachel Quinn, Bree Collaborative
• Members of the Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative, Steve Hill, Bree Collaborative
• Bree Collaborative Timeline, Rachel Quinn, Bree Collaborative
• Washington State Health Insurance Pool after the Affordable Care Act: Purpose, Eligibility, and Funding, Leif Associates, Inc.
• Washington Health Benefit Exchange, Richard Onizuka, Washington Health Benefit Exchange

October 17, 2012

• Agenda
• 2014 Medicaid Expansion Update, Nathan Johnson and Jenny Hamilton, Health Care Authority
• Washington Health Benefit Exchange, Richard Onizuka, PhD, Health Benefit Exchange
• Essential Health Benefits Reinsurance & Risk Adjustment, Barb Flye and Meg Jones, Office of the Insurance Commissioner

July 25, 2012

• Agenda
• Memo: Short Summary of NFIB v. Sebelius, Jim Morishima, House Office of Program Research
• 2014 Medicaid Expansion Update, Doug Porter, Health Care Authority
• Memorandum: Selected Issues Related to the Effect of NFIB v. Sebelius on the Medicaid Expansion Requirements in Section 2011 of the Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Swendiman, Evelyne Baumrucker, Congressional Research Service
• Washington State Proposal for a Federal Basic Health Option, Health Care Authority
• Basic Health Program Option Letter to Secretary Sebelius, Health Care Authority
• Washington's Tribal Work to Implement the Affordable Care Act, Exchange, and Medicaid Expansion, Sheryl Lowe, Roger Gantz, American Indian Health Commission for Washington State

 November 8, 2011

• Agenda
• Access to the Exchange - Molly Voris, Washington State Health Care Authority
• Addressing Adverse Selection - Barbara Flye, Office of the Insurance Commissioner
• Progress on HB 1738 Report Recommendation for HCA Purchasing Options - MaryAnne Lindeblad, Department of Social and Health Services
• Duals Innovation Grant - Kathy Pickens-Rucker, Heath Care Authority; Bea Rector, Department of Social and Health Services
• Presentation - Howard King, Nora Leibowitz, Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation 

October 13, 2011

• Agenda
• Update on federal rating rules and changes for association health plans, Office of Insurance Commissioner
• Exchange Activity, Washington State Health Care Authority
• Presentation
• Policy Questions on Market Rules
• Policy Questions on Qualified Health Plans
• Draft Policy Paper on the Basic Health Option
• Policy Options One Pager

September 28, 2011

• Agenda
• Medicaid Issues - Doug Porter, Health Care Authority
• Exchange Activity - Richard Onizuka, Molly Voris, Health Care Authority 
• Summary of Selected Federal Rules - Mich’l Needham, Senate Committee Services; Jim Morishima, Office of Program Research