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Emerging Therapies Workgroup
Background
The Health Care Authority (HCA) has created the Emerging Therapies Workgroup in response to interest in new treatment methods from the medical community and patients alike. The workgroup’s primary function is to look at prospective and emerging therapies – specifically their impacts on patients in Washington State.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a look at new approaches to continuing health issues, and improving patient health through more effective means while keeping overall cost down.
Workgroup charter
The initial workgroup charter highlights an ambitious timeline to kickoff this conversation between medical professionals, managed care organizations, and patients and patient advocacy organizations. Two of the four meetings scheduled through early 2020 are dedicated to patient experience, and quality oversight and improvements.
Meeting schedule
The workgroup will hold four meetings over 12 months between June 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. These meetings are not subject to the open public meetings act, but we are adding two opening public meetings to the schedule and making one workgroup meeting open to the public. We will post all meeting materials here.
Date |
Topic |
Meeting materials |
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June 18, 2019 |
First meeting: level setting - invitation only
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October 18, 2019 |
Second meeting: case examples - invitation only
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December 18, 2019 |
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee - open public meeting
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February 19, 2020 |
Third meeting: funding options - open public meeting
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June 22, 2020 |
Fourth meeting: quality oversight - invitation only
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November 3, 2020 9-10 a.m. |
Fifth meeting - open public meeting by Webinar only
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Contact
Email: EmergingTherapies@hca.wa.gov