Call for benchmark data
The benchmark data call will be conducted annually and requires the largest health insurance carriers doing business in Washington State to submit data to the Health Care Authority (HCA). This data will be used to calculate the state’s total health care expenditures and measure benchmark performance. The benchmark is a specific rate of spending growth that carriers and providers will be held to and should try to stay under to make health care more affordable.
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2022 benchmark data call
This year, the first year of the benchmark data call, the board will collect several years of data to establish a baseline. Health insurance carriers will have until October 15, 2022, to submit their data. Please see the technical manual and submission template for more information.
Resources
- Technical manual. Describes the data and other information required for benchmarking health care spending in Washington.
- Submission template. Instructs submitters on how to organize the benchmark data so that the data process can go smoothly.
- Data call webinar (July 26, 2022). Assists technical staff responding to the benchmark data call. See the webinar materials.
- Office hours opportunity for one-on-one meetings with HCA staff. Please reserve your time and submit all questions in advance (via email).
- Tuesday, August 9, 2022, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022, from 9 to 11 a.m.
- FAQ (updated 8/16/2022). Answers frequently asked questions from health insurance carriers and state agencies.
Contact
Email: hcahcctboard@hca.wa.gov