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Hospitals play an important role in communities’ success, in social, economic and health spheres. The theme for this year’s International Infection Prevention Week (Oct. 17-23), make your intention infection prevention, is meant not just for infection preventionists and other health care workers, but also for the communities we serve.... Read More >>

In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Sensato will host a series of cyber chats from 8-8:20 a.m., Oct. 25-29. The cyber chats are a series... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Qualivis hosted a webinar, Mind the Gap: Repairing the US Healthcare Workforce, on Oct. 12.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the Oct. 14, 2021 edition of the Weekly Report newsletter. ... Read More >>

The application portal for $17 billion in provider relief funds (PRF) Phase 4 and $8.5 billion in Rural ARPA funding opened September 29 with an application deadline of October 26. ... Read More >>

On September 30, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively the Departments), along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), released its second interim final rule (IFR) entitled “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II.”... Read More >>

Effective for services on or after October 1, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) increased the Medicaid professional fee schedule amounts for designated behavioral health, primary care, and pediatric critical care services.... Read More >>

The 2021-23 state operating budget also included a two percent increase for all services paid through the behavioral health portion of the managed care capitation rates. ... 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 >>

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 >>