Researchers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently looked at promising practices for improving hospital patient safety culture, looking at results from 536 hospitals during a 7-year period.... Read More >>
The American Hospital Association, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting applications through April 6 for the 2018 Foster G. McGaw Prize.... Read More >>
The Health Care Authority has reported it plans to issue the next RFP for a payment bundle for public employees in mid-February. The bundle will include services for spinal fusion. The HCA plans to contract for one or more centers of excellence.... Read More >>
The American College of Surgeons (ACS), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, has launched the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR). This new surgical quality improvement program is funded and guided by AHRQ.... Read More >>
Julie Leonard has been appointed interim CEO of Garfield County Public Hospital District. Welcome Julie! ... Read More >>
Recent member news from the February 1, 2018 Weekly Report.... Read More >>
Are you getting full reimbursement from your managed care payers? Get help determining if your organization is being paid correctly with a complimentary Managed Care Remit Reconciliation Assessment from PARA HealthCare Analytics. ... Read More >>
Health care providers across Washington State now have an option to recover some of their investments in legacy devices and potentially give them new life with another organization. WSHA recently renewed its partnership with H-Source, an online marketplace for buying and selling devices, pharmaceuticals, capital equipment and supplies.... Read More >>
This spring, take your leadership to the next level with Advanced LEAD Academy. ... Read More >>
Monday's bill to keep the government open funded CHIP for 6 years but did not address a number of other issues on WSHA’s agenda, such as the expiring Medicare provisions: low-volume payment adjustment, Medicare dependent hospital status, and rural ambulance and home health add-ons.... Read More >>
