Section 213 of the operating budget bill recently passed by the state legislature includes a proviso requiring Medicaid managed care plans pay rural health clinics, upon request, their full encounter rate at the time of service... Read More >>
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner OIC) has begun a rulemaking process regarding alternative prior authorization processes, sometimes known as “goldcarding”.... Read More >>
Changes to the hospital safety net assessment program law include new provisions for the quality incentive program. ... Read More >>
On June 30, legislators passed, and the governor signed a $34 billion operating budget hours before the new biennium was to begin, avoiding a partial shutdown of state services.... Read More >>
The Senate Republican leadership announced on Tuesday that they will release a new draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act.... Read More >>
Last week the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) gave notice that Grays Harbor and Klickitat counties would have no individual health care insurance options in 2018.... Read More >>
In the wake of the recent insurance carrier filings with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, there is substantial discussion about how to stabilize the individual health insurance market in Washington State.... Read More >>
The Health Care Authority recently sent guidance regarding the potential effect of a partial state government shutdown if a 2017-19 state budget is not enacted by July 1, 2017, particularly its effect on the Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) program and the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) Program.... Read More >>
The Washington hospital safety net assessment program includes a Medicaid quality incentive. Under the incentive provision, prospective payment hospitals that meet certain quality measures receive a one percent increase to their Medicaid inpatient payment rate.... Read More >>
With recent changes in the law, the hospital safety net assessment program has new provisions for the quality incentive program. Under these provisions, hospitals must be in compliance with existing Department of Health financial reporting requirements to qualify for the quality incentive payment.... Read More >>
