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Recent member news from the December 28, 2018, Weekly Report. ... Read More >>

I was dismayed when I heard late Friday evening that a federal judge from my home state of Texas ruled the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional because Congress repealed the tax penalty enforcing the law’s individual mandate.... Read More >>

Health systems and providers throughout Washington are celebrating the Holidays this year with their own special festivities. ... Read More >>

Dec. 17, WSHA submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services supporting a proposed rule requiring drug manufacturers engaging in direct-to-consumer television advertising disclose the list price of the drug. ... Read More >>

The Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission will be hosting a series of stakeholder workshops in Jan. 22, 23 and 24 to discuss rules relating to nurses’ standard of practice and continuing competency requirements.... Read More >>

The Medical Quality Assurance Commission (MQAC) will be hosting two workshops on Jan. 16 to discuss rules relating to the development of a clinical support program to assist practitioners with practice deficiencies and modernizing MQAC’s governing regulations, particularly with respect to updating rules regarding physicians to align with current national industry and best practice standards.... Read More >>

Significant portions of Washington’s new nurse staffing law (HB 1714) take effect on Jan. 1. As required by law, hospitals need to submit their nurse staffing plans to the Department of Health (DOH) by Jan. 1. ... Read More >>

Recent member news from the December 20, 2018, Weekly Report. ... Read More >>

The Nurse Staffing Coalition hosted a webinar on nurse staffing committee best practices on Wednesday, December 12. The webinar provided an overview of nurse staffing committee best practices and tips for success under Washington’s new nurse staffing law. Slides from the webinar can be accessed here A video recording of the webinar can be accessed here.... Read More >>

Today Gov. Jay Inslee released his full proposed budget for the 2019-2021 biennium. The budget is positive for health care, and especially behavioral health, as it contains significant investments in the state’s behavioral health system. WSHA is very pleased to see significant new funding for health care in this budget.... Read More >>