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The Report
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What does the report address?

The HCA delivered a final report to the legislature with a recommended purchasing strategy and implementation plan for a consolidated K-12 public employee health benefits system on December 16, 2011. The report will be designed to achieve improvement in the areas of:

  • Equitable access to quality and affordable health services for all eligible K-12 public school employees and their dependents
  • Transparency of costs to employees, the Legislature and the public
  • Stability in the system risk pool
  • School district and employee participation in system governance
  • Reduced duplication and increased cost efficiency
  • Continuity of care, with minimal disruption to existing relationships between insured individuals and their healthcare providers

What does the report include?

The report includes the following:

  • A recommended purchasing strategy for a consolidated benefits system at the aggregate level
  • Projected pros and cons for employees, school districts, and the state resulting from the transition from the current system to the proposed consolidated state-administered system
  • Projected pros and cons resulting from moving to mandatory school district participation in the Washington State Public Employees Benefits Board Program
  • Recommendations regarding mandatory participation, mandatory participation with provisions for exemption, or voluntary participation
  • An implementation strategy identifying the process, timeline and budget the HCA will need to undertake to successfully implement necessary management, operations, information systems, etc., for start-up as early as the 2013-14 school year

Final K-12 Report Documents

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