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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.

Call for Applications: Due Friday, April 26

View the Recruitment Announcement here.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Office of Health Policy is currently recruiting new members to serve on the Sustainable Health Care Cost Growth Target (CGT) Advisory Committee. It is important to us to have diverse perspectives on the CGT Advisory Committee as they work to identify/inform health care cost issues and solutions. This work directly affects long-term health care affordability and sustainability for patients, health plan insurers, employers, hospital systems, and provider organizations. This recruitment is for individuals representing various sectors and expertise within the scope of the Committee:

Sectors include:

  • Health care payers (public and private)
  • Large hospitals / health systems
  • Smaller / independent providers
  • Employers (large and small)
  • Consumer advocates1

Expertise:

  • Health care financing
  • Health care administration
  • Health economics
  • Employer health benefits / costs
  • Affordability / consumer costs
  • Ensuring equity in policymaking

To Apply for the Cost Growth Target Advisory Committee:

  1. Complete the Cost Growth Target Advisory Committee Interest Form and submit to HealthCare.CostTarget@oha.oregon.gov
  2. Submit the Oregon Health Policy Board Committee Membership Recruitment Survey – Select “Cost Growth Target Advisory Committee (CGTAC)” when prompted.

Applications will be accepted through Friday, April 26, 2024. The new Advisory Committee members will be appointed by the Oregon Health Policy Board in May 2024. Everyone has a right to know about and participate in Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Committees. If you need this information in an alternate format (such as Braille, large print, audio, video or other formats) or in another language, or would like to request interpretation service, please contact Remy Watts: Remy.Watts@oha.oregon.gov

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. 

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 S

es

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.

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

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

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.

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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