News

Washington Hospital Services’ Industry Partner Merritt Hawkins has just completed its 2016 survey exploring the net revenue physicians generated on behalf of their affiliated hospitals. This survey offers insight into current health care economics.... Read More >>

Registration is now open for the 40th Annual Rural Hospital Leadership Conference in June 26-29 at Campbell’s resort in Chelan!... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services’ Industry Partner HealthVUE has written an article sharing its experience partnering with Lincoln Hospital Public District #3. The article explains how remote patient monitoring (RPM) was able to assist in the care of diabetic patients in that community and improve their health outcomes.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the April 21, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Coulee Medical Center has made a commitment to residents of the Grand Coulee community, recently announcing that will participate in the National Rural Accountable Care Consortium, which is designed to help rural Medicare patients live long, healthy lives.... Read More >>

WSHA has been actively following recent developments in Medicare payment for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Medicare Administrative Contractors have been instructed temporarily to hold all claims from RHCs for dates of service after April 1, 2016 until a correction is made in the payment file.... Read More >>

Hospitals are subject to an array of state and federal requirements regarding posting signage in hospitals and providing notices to patients, staff and the community. WSHA has prepared a list of signage requirements for hospitals to reference.... Read More >>

Many of our members have expressed frustration with the increasing burden of expanding health plan requirements on prior authorizations. WSHA and the Washington State Medical Association have been in discussions with the health plans directly as well as with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). ... Read More >>

On April 28 from 10:00-11:30 a.m., the Health Care Authority will be hosting a webinar to provide hospital staff an overview of the state’s Medicaid readmissions policy and an explanation of the quarterly hospital reports HCA sent each facility as part of its program on potentially preventable readmissions.... Read More >>

o prepare hospital staff for the SFY 2013 Disproportional Share Hospital (DSH) audit, the state’s consultant, Myers and Stauffer conducted a provider training webinar on April 7, which included a brief recap of the DSH rule and detailed overview of survey process. ... Read More >>