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The state’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) has delayed the timeline for hospitals to undertake their review and verification of data that will be publicly posted. WSHA and your individual hospital should be hearing more on the new timeline later this week. ... Read More >>

The Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) launched a Self-Assessment Tool for hospitals to assess the safety of systems and practices associated with up to 11 categories of high-alert medications. ISMP defines high-alert medications as those drugs that bear a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when used in error. ... Read More >>

A retrospective cohort study of 17,761 30-day readmissions in an academic health system was conducted to identify risk factors present during the index hospitalization associated with death or transition to hospice care. Sepsis and shock during the index admission were associated with in-hospital mortality. ... Read More >>

The American Hospital Association invites hospitals and health systems partnering with community organizations to help residents be healthier to apply for the AHA NOVA Award. ... Read More >>

Recent member news from the November 30, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

WSHA has asked members of Washington State’s Congressional delegation to support a bipartisan bill, H. R.  4392, to stop the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) rule to reduce payments for outpatient drugs provided by certain 340B eligible hospitals by nearly 30%.... Read More >>

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) notified WSHA that it will withdraw its rulemaking regarding alternative authorization processes, sometimes known as “goldcarding.”... Read More >>

The state’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) has delayed the timeline for hospitals to undertake their review and verification of data that will be posted on the site’s website for the public.... Read More >>

In the next few days, WSHA is sending hospital-specific analyses of the final Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule to the chief financial officer or other designated recipient at each of our member Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals. ... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Service’s popular LEAD Academy is back for 2018 and we’re adding Advanced LEAD Academy for experienced leaders and managers. ... Read More >>