News

The U.S. House and Senate late last week voted to extend the moratorium on the 2 percent Medicare sequester through March 31.... Read More >>

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program has added a new Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure to begin in fiscal year 2022.... Read More >>

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) partners with organizations across the state to sponsor Centers of Occupational Health & Education (COHE) to improve outcomes for workers and reduce long-term disability.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the 12/16/2021 edition of the Weekly Report newsletter. ... Read More >>

On December 9, the U.S. Senate approved the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (PMAFSCA) which the President is expected to sign into law. ... Read More >>

Yesterday, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that later this week it will distribute $9 billion of the $17 billion in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments to providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read More >>

Many provisions of the No Surprises Act (NSA) are effective January 1, 2022, including prohibitions on balance billing for out of network emergency services and out of network professional services performed at an in-network facility. ... Read More >>

WSHA’s Government Affairs team recently published an update to its Top Priority State Rules Tracker, which shows the highest-priority ongoing state rulemaking activities impacting hospitals and health systems as part of its State Regulatory Issues webpage. ... Read More >>

On Dec. 8, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization to AstraZeneca's monoclonal antibody, EVUSHELD...... Read More >>

Hospital and health system leadership are invited to join WSHA for the fourth annual Hospital Advocacy Days.... Read More >>