News

Helen Vos has been appointed Interim CNO at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Melanie Brandt has been appointed CNO at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Marcia Naillon has been appointed interim CNO at North Valley Hospital.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the August 31, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

The next cohort of LEAD Academy starts in just a couple weeks and space is filling up! The next Seattle session will begin September 12 and will meet one day per month through November at the WSHA offices. Registration is now open and is limited to 30 participants.... Read More >>

The Health Care Authority (HCA) is revisiting its payment policy for potentially preventable readmissions for hospitals and Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs).... Read More >>

WSHA, as part of the Washington Healthcare Forum, expressed concerns in a letter about a recent proposal from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) to issue new rules on... Read More >>

At WSHA’s request, HCA and Myers and Stauffer, LLC recently hosted a webinar to provide hospitals with background and additional information on their audit of Medicaid electronic medical records (EHR) incentive payments.... Read More >>

HCA recently announced a preliminary notice of rulemaking regarding changes to inpatient and outpatient Medicaid payment.... Read More >>

The Health Care Authority (HCA) is seeking provider participation in its annual value-based payment survey. The survey is open until September 8. ... Read More >>

Washington State has 107 hospitals, and they are all members of WSHA. For my first year as CEO, I committed that a member of the WSHA executive team would visit every hospital member that would have us. Since then, we’ve been all over the state, meeting with CEOs, leadership teams and boards. It’s been a terrific experience that we are now memorializing on a large map in the WSHA office.... Read More >>

Hospitals play an important role in their communities as they help connect residents with the medical care they need. Collaboration can be integral when it comes to connecting residents to services, and in Renton, UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center teams up with Renton Rotary, the Renton Salvation Army and Renton Technical College to operate Renton RotaCare: a free clinic for families and individuals who are unable to obtain health insurance but are in need of non-emergent care.... Read More >>