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In March, the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) released data from the 2017 annual insurer filings. WSHA analyzed trends from the top three commercial and Medicaid insurers in the state for 2016 and 2017.... Read More >>
Thank you to recent Safe Table presenters, from the May 24, 2018 Weekly Report.... Read More >>
Recent member news from the May 24, 2018 Weekly Report.... Read More >>
Join us at noon Wednesday, June 6, for the second webinar in our series exploring pharmacy benefits management (PBM). This session will focus on clinical programs and how to use data and analytics to identify opportunities and create innovative solutions to contain and reduce pharmacy spending.... Read More >>
May is National Mental Health Month: a time to recognize the importance of mental health care in our communities and raise awareness about mental health conditions. In Washington State, this also means raising awareness of the challenges our mental health care system faces, and the initiatives that can address them. Mental health remains one of WSHA’s top legislative priorities, and although we are steadily making progress, our system still needs work.... Read More >>
WhidbeyHealth honors its employees during Healthcare Week (the combination of National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week) by offering its entire staff of about 800 a free meal during one shift and free late afternoon snacks every day at the hospital café, served by department managers.... Read More >>
High school can be a challenging time for students, with many competing priorities and pressures in school and at home. To help those who are facing mental health challenges during this formative time, Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital in Marysville will partner with three local high schools across two school districts to provide free in-school mental health services.... Read More >>
While in college 10 years ago, Ben Nemtin — who would become a #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of MTV's The Buried Life — was fed up with the monotony of day-to-day life. He and his friends set out on a two-week road trip with a camera and a borrowed RV to complete a list of "100 things to do before you die." He will deliver a plenary session at this year’s Rural Hospital Leadership Conference in Chelan on Tuesday, June 26.... Read More >>
Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest is now recruiting health care organizations to join its fourth cohort, which will launch in September. Honoring Choices participants receive free training and consultation to help implement the Respecting Choices First Steps evidence-based advance care planning program in their facilities.... Read More >>
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee this week held the second in a series of hearings examining the 340B drug savings program. Representatives from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office testified on oversight reports related to the program and shared recommendations for improving it.... Read More >>