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STERIS Corporation, a medical equipment company that specializes in sterilization and surgical products, will offer a Sterility Maintenance Concepts webinar at 10 a.m., July 21.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner LifeNet Health is committed to advancing health care education and proudly delivers complimentary, quality educational programs to serve their diverse partners. ... Read More >>

Recent member news from the July 8, 2021 edition of the Weekly Report newsletter. ... Read More >>

Senate Bill 5377 enacted during the 2021 legislative session makes some key modifications to public option health plans (also known as “Cascade Care Select”). ... Read More >>

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and hospitals challenging the U.S Department of health and Human Services’ (HHS’) site-neutral payment policy, allowing Medicare payment cuts to off-campus hospital-based clinics to continue. ... Read More >>

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun the process for hospitals and providers to report their use of funding received from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund (PRF). ... Read More >>

We recently learned from the HCA that the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the CRF funding is 21.019. This award number should be used on each hospital’s Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) as part of the organization’s single audit.... Read More >>

WSHA’s Government Affairs team has published its update to its State Regulatory Issues webpage. ... Read More >>

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) released a report of arbitration proceedings and results for 2020 under the state’s Balance Billing Protection Act (BBPA). ... Read More >>

The COVID-19 pandemic created a significant demand for medical and family leave by workers throughout Washington state. This created opportunities for the Washington State Legislature to enact legislation that modifies and expands access to the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program. ... Read More >>