Cost Growth Target Advisory Committee

The Cost Growth Target Implementation Committee recommended that an ongoing governance committee should be established to oversee the Health Care Cost Growth Target Program. The Oregon Health Policy Board appointed the Cost Growth Target Advisory Committee members on May 3, 2022.

• CGT Advisory Committee Roster updated March 2024
  
• CGT Advisory Committee Charter
  

Advisory Committee Meetings

The CGT Advisory Committee will convene monthly in 2024 for regular meetings, as well as host an Educational Web Series that are open to the public. 

• 2024 CGT Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule and Topics
  

Public Comment

The CGT Advisory Committee seeks public testimony! Please consider attending an upcoming CGT Advisory Committee meeting to share your thoughts and input about health care costs in Oregon. All meetings are open to the public, and public feedback is a vital component of every discussion. To provide public comment at a CGT Advisory Committee meeting in either written or verbal formats,please email: HealthCare.CostTarget@odhsoha.oregon.gov.

Meeting Recordings

CGT Advisory committee meetings are open to the public. To watch past meetings, view the Meeting Archive. 

Upcoming Meetings

Educational Web Series

CGT Educational Webinars will be held throughout 2024 to provide background on topics considered by the CGT Advisory Committee. Webinars are learning spaces and open to the public. Please email HealthCare.CostTarget@oha.oregon.gov with any questions.

Update on Value-Based Payments in Oregon: 06/27/24, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

OHA staff will come to present the background of VBPs in Oregon, current status of implementation, and the newly published 2024 Value-Based Payment Report (published in mid-June).

VBP Webinar Slides - 06/27/24

 Learning resources:

Overview of Cost & Equity Framework: 05/30/24, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

This webinar covers the Draft Cost & Equity Framework developed by the Cost Growth Target Advisory Committee in 2023, as well as talk about barriers and opportunities in implementing the framework.

Webinar Recordings:

• Webinar Recording
  
• Webinar Slides
  

Strategies other states are exploring to address health care cost growth drivers:4/22/24, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m 

This webinar covers covered strategies other states are pursuing to address similar health care cost growth drivers seen in Oregon.

• Webinar Recording
  
• State Strategies Educational Webinar slides

Patient Cost Sharing Analysis:  3/25/24, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

• Webinar Recording
• Patient Cost Sharing Analysis Webinar Slides

Community Benefit Report - 2/26/24, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

• Webinar recording
  
• Oregon Hospital Community Benefit Report FY 2022
• Community Benefit Spending Dashboard
  

Multi-state collaboration on pharmacy purchasing:  4/16/24, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m

An overview of the multi-state collaboration ArrayRx program. ArrayRx, formerly known as the Northwest Prescription Drug Consortium, provides a full suite of drug purchasing and management solutions that focus on effective stewardship of taxpayer funds and improved outcomes.

• Webinar Recording
• Webinar Slides

Cost & Equity Workgroup

The Advisory Committee created a short-term workgroup to explore additional opportunities to infuse an equity approach into the Committee's work and the Cost Growth Target Program. The Health Care Cost & Equity Workgroup met between February and September 2023 and delivered recommendations to the Advisory Committee at their September meeting.

• Cost & Equity DRAFT Framework
  

Past Meetings

Contact Us?

Please email: HealthCare.CostTarget@odhsoha.oregon.gov

Media Inquiries:

Amy Bacher, Communications
amy.bacher2@oha.oregon.gov
(503) 405-5403

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