WSHA successfully advocated for the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) to align its final regulations on health care workers’ unemployment eligibility during a declared public health emergency with the underlying law passed via SB 5190 (2021)... Read More >>
WSHA would like to congratulate Kittitas Valley Healthcare CEO Julie Petersen for winning the 2022 Joe Hopkins Memorial Award and Cascade Medical Center Board Commissioner Bruce Williams for winning the 2022 Ben Lindekugel Governance Excellence Award! We presented these awards at our Annual Meeting Oct. 17... Read More >>
Join WSHA for the final session of our three-part webinar series, “Substance Use Disorder Care in Rural Settings: Reducing Barriers to Care,” from 12-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. This session will feature a presentation on medications for opioid use disorder, information from local resources to support providers who may be prescribing these medications and a conversation with an individual who is currently in recovery.... Read More >>
Virtual registration is still available for WSHA’s Annual Meeting, Oct. 17-18. Individual registrations are $399 and the unlimited group package for an entire organization is $1,999... Read More >>
WSHA held a media briefing Tuesday, Oct. 4, providing the results of our second quarter financial survey for 2022. Through our survey, we found that hospital and health system losses grew to $1.7 billion through the first six months of 2022, with a $1.2 billion operations shortfall... Read More >>
WSHA staff and hospital members recently returned from Washington, D.C., after a successful trip advocating for hospitals during Rural Advocacy Days! This marked the first time since the start of the pandemic that WSHA staff and members made the trip the nation’s capital for what is typically an annual event... Read More >>
Join WSHA from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 for the webinar, “Improving Care for Neurodiverse Patients.”... Read More >>
We are just under a month away from WSHA’s 2022 Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington! In-person slots are still available, though you can also attend virtually... Read More >>
Dr. Peter Rutherford, former CEO of Confluence Health, participated in the 2022 Inland State of Reform Health Policy Conference, on the panel “Updates of Efforts to Regulate Cost Growth,” at WSHA’s request... Read More >>
Falls Prevention Awareness Week is a nationwide effort to raise awareness on preventing falls and reducing falls risks, this year celebrated from Sept. 18-24... Read More >>
