New Medicaid inpatient and outpatient hospital payment rates will be in effect July 1, 2022, due to the Washington State Health Care Authority’s (HCA) rebasing of its prospective payment methodologies.... Read More >>
Washington hospitals should be judged based on their own performance, not by the experiences in other states. Also, when comparing hospital performance across states, data should be adjusted for case... Read More >>
The state operating budget (ESSB 5693) passed during the last legislative session included $8 million in funding for hospitals in financial distress. The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is... Read More >>
On May 18 the Health Care Cost Transparency Board (HCCTB) unanimously passed a motion authorizing the Board to seek additional data to inform its work, such as available data from... Read More >>
A recent analysis of hospital claims data by the RAND Corporation determined that commercial payment rates for Washington hospitals are among the lowest in the nation, when compared to Medicare... Read More >>
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) recently posted the slide decks for their recent webinars detailing changes to state law to align the state’s Balance Billing Protection... Read More >>
The Washington Health Care Authority is seeking survey responses from primary care provider groups related to their capacity to adopt the Primary Care Transformation Model. Specifically, HCA needs to understand... Read More >>
WSHA continues to update its New Law Implementation Guide, which provides links to bulletins, webinars, and other resources for implementation of legislation passed during the last few legislative sessions. Recently... Read More >>
Substitute House Bill 1616 , which becomes effective July 1, 2022, substantially expands who may qualify for free or discounted care under the charity care law by raising the incomes under... Read More >>
The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) recently finalized its rulemaking for enforcement of the requirement under Senate Bill 5377 that hospitals contract with at least one public option plan... Read More >>
