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U.S. Bancorp, headquartered in Minneapolis, is a diversified financial services holding company with $461 billion in assets (as of June 30, 2018) and the nation’s fifth-largest commercial bank. U.S. Bancorp’s wholly-owned subsidiary, U.S. Bank, N.A., has credit ratings of A1/AA/A+ (Moody’s, Fitch, S&P), which are the highest of any financial firm. ... Read More >>

Recent member news from the September 13, 2018 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Curious about whether LEAD Academy is the right fit for you or your team? Join us at noon Monday, September 17 for a webcast exploring all aspects of the LEAD Academy. ... Read More >>

A new report from Stericycle shows that its sharps management program helped hospitals keep more than a million pounds of plastic and 89,000 pounds of cardboard out of landfills in 2017. The program also saved emissions of more than 600,000 pounds of carbon dioxide... Read More >>

Washington State’s charity care law requires all hospitals in the state to provide free or reduced cost care to qualifying low-income patients. WSHA successfully negotiated changes to this law in the 2018 legislative session. ... Read More >>

The purpose of this bulletin is to remind hospitals of changes to the state charity care law, RCW 70.170. The new law, Senate Bill (SB) 6273, takes effect October 1, 2018 and all hospitals must comply as of this date.... Read More >>

The mission of C-SATS is to help surgeons and their health systems give patients their very best, and to be even better tomorrow. Developed by a team of surgeons, engineers and biostatisticians at the University of Washington, this innovative performance management system uses a combination of data, analytics, artificial intelligence and human insights to evaluate and improve surgical skills.... Read More >>

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released two proposed rules that, if adopted, will significantly impact payment for office visit services.... Read More >>

The annual 340B program recertification period for hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals ends September 12, 2018. ... Read More >>

In response to recent federal action concerning short-term medical plans, the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) is updating rules and clarifying its process and standards for short-term limited durations plans in Washington state.... Read More >>