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To assist members with implementation of the many bills passed during the 2021 legislative session, WSHA has prepared and is maintaining its New Law Implementation Guide and Implementation Resources Calendar.... Read More >>

The Department of Labor & Industries announced that Washington State’s minimum wage will increase to $14.49 on January 1, 2022. ... Read More >>

Confluence Health CEO and WSHA Past-Chair Dr. Peter Rutherford has been appointed to the Washington State EMS and Trauma Care Steering Committee.... Read More >>

WSHA sent a bulletin to members alerting that updates to Washington State’s Notifiable Conditions regulations in chapter 246-101 WAC are set to take effect Jan. 31, 2022.... Read More >>

This bulletin provides hospitals with information on an upcoming change to behavioral health ombuds services, with implications for hospitals providing mental health, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorder-related treatment services (referred to as “behavioral health”).... Read More >>

The purpose of this bulletin is to inform hospitals about revisions to Washington State’s Notifiable Conditions regulations in chapter 246-101 WAC that take effect January 31, 2022. ... Read More >>

Register now for “Charity Care 101,” presented by the WSHA General Counsel Taya Briley, Policy Director Cara Helmer and Associate General Counsel Zosia Stanley from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7... Read More >>

WSHA sent a bulletin to members Sept. 23 on Senate Bill 5195, which is a new law requiring hospital emergency departments and many behavioral health settings – such as inpatient psychiatric units and psychiatric hospitals – to dispense or distribute opioid overdose reversal medication to patients at risk of an opioid overdose for individual use after discharge... Read More >>

The Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center and National Rural Health Resource Center recently released the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Telehealth Guide... Read More >>

On Sept. 22, the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) voted during a special meeting of commissioners to unanimously adopt a COVID-19 Misinformation Position Statement... Read More >>