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Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest (HCPNW) is excited to offer one final Teacher Training for the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG).... Read More >>

WSHA is preparing enhancements to the Hospital Readmissions Dashboard. The WSHA Readmissions Dashboard is designed to help our members quickly identify potential areas for improvement and track the progress of their interventions as well as to allow hospitals to compare themselves to similar facilities.... Read More >>

There is still time to make nominations for WSHA’s 2023 awards, but the deadline for submissions for all awards is Thursday, Aug. 31. Make a nomination online now for the Joe Hopkins Memorial Award, Ben Lindekugel Governance Excellence Award and the Community Health Leadership Award. Winners for each award will be announced at the Annual Meeting Oct. 22-23 in Renton.... Read More >>

WSHA, a WA State Opioid and Overdose Program key stakeholder, has engaged clinical quality subject matter expertise to support our hospitals and provide the Opioid Stewardship Summer Learning Series.... Read More >>

WSHA would like to recognize Western Healthcare Insurance Trust for supporting the association as a 2023 Gold Member Engagement Industry Partner.... Read More >>

WSHA is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Joe Hopkins Memorial Award, Ben Lindekugel Governance Excellence Award and the Community Health Leadership Award. Make a nomination online through Thursday, Aug. 31.... Read More >>

Join us for “The Impact of Long COVID on Behavioral Health” on Wednesday, Aug. 23, from 10-11:30 a.m. as we hear from Janna Friedly, M.D., M.P.H., and Tracy Herring, Ph.D., from UW Medicine’s Post-COVID Rehabilitation and Recovery Clinic. Register here.... Read More >>

As previously reported, Washington officially joined the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) on July 24.... Read More >>

The state legislature approved funding for a Medicaid/Apple Health-like program for adults earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level, regardless of immigration status during the 2023 legislative session.... Read More >>

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) recently approved the state’s renewal request of the Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver, entitled ‘Medicaid Transformation Project 2.0’ (MTP 2.0). MTP 2.0 is effective from July 1, 2023 until June 30, 2028.... Read More >>