Registration is open for WSHA and AWPHD’s Rural Hospital Leadership Conference at Campbell’s Resort in Chelan June 25-28. Be sure to register soon, because prices will go up on June 1!... Read More >>
A new lookup tool is available that will allow you check if a clinician who bills to Medicare will need to submit quality data to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). You can do so by entering a provider’s National Provider Identifier (NPI) on the Quality Payment Program website. Clinicians who bill Medicare more than $30,000 in Part B allowed charges a year and provide care for more than 100 Medicare patients a year are included in the Quality Payment Program.... Read More >>
Americans between the ages of 45 and 64 accounted for about 44 percent of overdose deaths in 2013 and 2014, and the number of adults older than 50 seeking treatment for opioid addiction has increased dramatically, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One key strategy to counter this is to empower patients to manage pain with alternatives to opioids whenever possible, such as by controlling daytime pain after surgery with non-opioid medication, or only using opioids at night or not at all.... Read More >>
As part of National Hospital Week, WSHA wants to extend our gratitude to the men and women who work in our state’s hospitals and health systems. We also want to share this great video from the American Hospital Association paying tribute to health care workers.... Read More >>
Craig Cudworth has been appointed Interim CEO of Trios Health. Also, Dr. David O’Brien has been appointed MultiCare Chief Executive for Eastern Washington. Dr. O’Brien will be based in Spokane and begin work at MultiCare on June 19. Congratulations Craig and Dr. O’Brien!... Read More >>
Recent member news from the May 11, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>
The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) authorized Medicare to promote the use of “appropriate use criteria” (AUC) before ordering advanced diagnostic tests — such as advanced imaging as well as the use of clinical decision support mechanisms in eight clinical areas — for Medicare patients. WSHA Industry partner PARA Healthcare Financial Services has written a paper detailing developments regarding this topic.... Read More >>
Next week is National Hospital Week, which marks one of the nation’s largest health care events of the year. It’s a week to pay tribute to the history, technology, and dedicated men and women who make hospitals and health systems beacons of confidence and care in their communities.... Read More >>
WSHA will host a webcast on from 12-1:30 p.m. May 17 highlighting new resources for behavioral health integration into primary care. This webinar will focus on the two options for evidence-based integrated behavioral health that are outlined in Project 2A of the Medicaid Transformation Toolkit.... Read More >>
Nearly 800,000 Americans have a stroke every year, leading to 133,000 deaths annually. Statistics show that someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds, someone dies of stroke every four minutes. Stroke is the leading cause of serious, preventable long-term disability.... Read More >>
