Finance Technical Advisory Committee

What’s the role of FTAC?

FTAC helps with the significant planning, analyses, and evaluation needed for the transition to and implementation of a unified health care financing system. As an advisory committee, FTAC’s role is to:

• Serve at the direction of the Universal Health Care Commission.
• Consider interdependencies between necessary components of a unified financing system.
• Provide options-based guidance to the Commission while considering the impact of that guidance on patients and consumers.
• Provide options and guidance related to entities responsible for the implementation and administration of a proposed unified health care financing system.

Read the FTAC charter to learn more.

We're looking for a new member

We're seeking a dedicated and experienced person to fill a vacancy on FTAC. If you have a strong background in health care finance and a drive to improve the health care system, we encourage you to apply. Please email us your resume and cover letter by November 3.

Who we’re looking for

The Universal Commission is seeking qualified candidates to fill a vacant seat on FTAC. We invite you to apply if you have expertise in health care financing, which may include:

• Actuarial expertise
• Federal health care financing
• Unified health care financing
• Health care cost expertise
• Understanding how dollars flow through the health system
• Understanding of payer/provider contracting

We also welcome retired health care professionals who are no longer actively practicing.

More about the opening

FTAC meets virtually about six times throughout the year. Meetings typically run from 2–4:30 p.m. PT.

This is a volunteer position; members are not financially compensated. However, you gain the significant reward of contributing directly to health care reform in Washington State.

How to apply

• Send:
  • Resume
  • Cover letter outlining your expertise and interest in serving on FTAC
• To: HCAUniversalFTAC@hca.wa.gov
• Due: November 3, 2025

The selection process will occur during an open public meeting of the Universal Commission, where we'll appoint a new member by a majority vote. For more information, contact the Universal Commission team.

Committee members

• Ian Doyle, Department of Revenue representative
• Christine Eibner, health care financing expert
• Roger Gantz, health care financing expert
• Esther Lucero, health care financing expert
• Pam MacEwan, consumer representative
• Robert Murray, health care financing expert
• Eddy Rauser, Office of Financial Management representative
• Kai Yeung, health care financing expert

Public comment

Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to share their input at FTAC meetings. All feedback — written and verbal — is shared with committee and Commission members. Please review what to expect when providing public comments.

Share your input

There are two ways to share input:

• Speak during the designated public comment time at FTAC meetings. Sign up to provide public comment by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting occurs. We’ll invite those who signed up before the meeting to speak in the order they signed up, followed by those who didn’t sign up, if there’s time remaining.
• Submit written comments at any time. We’ll include comments received at least two weeks before a meeting in the upcoming meeting’s materials. If you submit your comments less than two weeks before a meeting, we’ll include them in the following meeting’s materials.

Upcoming meetings and materials

2026 meetings

Accommodation requests

You can request live close captioning, or Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, for our meetings. Scheduling CART services takes up to three weeks, so please send a request by email as soon as possible.

For other language access accommodations, call 1-855-682-0787 (or Telecommunications Relay Service 711).

All meetings sponsored by the Health Care Authority (HCA) meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Read HCA’s nondiscrimination statement for more details.

Past meetings

2025

Date	Location	Topics	Materials
September 18, 2025	This meeting was held on Zoom.	Update on Universal Health Care Commission First discussion on provider reimbursement and participation	View the materials (09/18/2025) Watch the meeting (09/18/2025)
July 17, 2025	This meeting was held on Zoom.	Proposals for eligibility and benefits & services design How to pay providers in a universal system Priorities for interim solutions	View meeting materials (07/17/2025) Watch the meeting (07/17/2025) Read the summary (07/17/2025)
May 15, 2025	This meeting was held on Zoom.	Feedback from the Universal Health Care Commission and discussion of workplan topics: Benefit design Provider reimbursement Cost containment Update from the Health Care Cost Transparency Board	View the meeting materials (05/15/2025) Watch the meeting (05/15/2025) Read the summary (05/15/2025)
March 13, 2025	This meeting was held on Zoom.	Update on work plans for the Universal Health Care Commission and FTAC Overview of cost-modeling report Discussion of ways to control health care costs	View the meeting materials (03/13/2025) Watch the meeting (03/13/2025) Read the summary (03/13/2025)
January 16, 2025	This meeting was held on Zoom.	2025 goals and workplan The Health Care Cost Transparency Board's benchmark report More ways to contain health care costs	View the meeting materials (01/16/2025) Watch the meeting (01/16/2025) Read the summary (01/16/2025)

2024

Date	Location	Materials
November 14, 2024	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (11/14/2024) View the meeting summary (11/14/2024) Watch the meeting
September 10, 2024	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (09/10/2024) View the meeting summary (09/10/2024) Watch the meeting
July 11, 2024	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (07/11/2024) View the meeting summary (07/11/2024) Watch the meeting
May 9, 2024	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (05/09/2024) View the meeting summary (05/09/2024) Watch the meeting
March 14, 2024	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (03/14/2024) View the meeting summary (03/14/2024) Watch the meeting
January 12, 2024	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (01/12/2024) View the meeting summary (01/12/2024) Watch the meeting

2023

Date	Location	Materials
November 9, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (11/09/2023) View the meeting summary (11/09/2023) Watch the meeting
September 14, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (09/14/2023) View the meeting summary (09/14/2023) Watch the meeting
July 13, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (07/13/2023) View the meeting summary (07/13/2023) Watch the meeting
May 11, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (05/11/2023) View the meeting summary (05/11/2023) Watch the meeting
March 9, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (03/09/2023) View the meeting summary (03/09/2023) Watch the meeting
January 12, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View the meeting materials (01/12/2023) View the meeting summary (01/12/2023) Watch the meeting