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Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Stericycle is pleased to introduce a new full service program to help you manage and dispose of your controlled substance waste.... Read More >>

Recent member updates from the April 16, 2020 edition of Weekly Report newsletter. ... Read More >>

WSHA continues to hear from hospitals about the broad and devastating impacts on the health care system from COVID-19. ... Read More >>

Facing reduced state revenues and higher costs due to the (coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, on April 3 Governor Inslee used his line-item veto authority to reduce the 2020 supplemental operating budget passed by the legislature last month. ... Read More >>

The Washington Healthcare Forum COVID-19 Work Group is compiling provider questions along with answers from commercial plans and Medicaid. ... Read More >>

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) is extending the current special enrollment period for individuals who are looking for health insurance coverage.... Read More >>

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that effective April 14, Medicare will increase the payment amount from the existing $51 amount to $100 for COVID-19 clinical diagnostic lab tests that can process more than 200 tests per day using sophisticated equipment. ... Read More >>

WSHA’s Government Affairs team has published its April 2020 update to its State Regulatory Issues webpage. ... Read More >>

WSHA will begin sending shipments of disposable surgical masks on Thursday, April 16 to Washington state hospitals most in need of the personal protective equipment.... Read More >>

WSHA has purchased 300,000 disposable surgical masks from Dingyi North America. The masks arrived in Washington today from China.... Read More >>