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Last month, the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) issued a proposed rule on prior authorizations.  The OIC action follows WSHA and the Washington State Medical Association requests for... Read More >>

WSHA is expecting this to be a very challenging legislative session given the state’s budget situation and K-12 education obligations.... Read More >>

The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) recently issued a new draft of what we anticipate will become a bill to restrict balance billing.... Read More >>

Next Tuesday at noon we will host our annual legislative kickoff webcast. This is a great opportunity to close the office door, have a sandwich and get your questions about the session answered. Not all questions — we don’t have a crystal ball — but we will talk about the political dynamics, our top priorities and how WSHA members can help tell the story.... Read More >>

Last fall, Interventional Pain Consultants moved into a new facility on the Tri-State Memorial Hospital campus, with its providers joining the hospital. The move has been several years in the making and brings a staff of 20 — including three providers — to Clarkston from Lewiston, Idaho.... Read More >>

Membership updates from the January 5, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Welcome new WSHA member Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (also known as LabCorp)!... Read More >>

For several months, WSHA has been providing comments to the Department of Labor and Industries on its pre-scheduled on-call administrative policy. WSHA generally supports the final version of the policy and appreciates the department accepting many of WSHA’s revisions.... Read More >>

A new AHA report examines how five diverse health systems are working with stakeholders to improve the health of the communities they serve, offering guidance for governing boards and leaders at other nonprofit health systems committed to improving community health.... Read More >>

About 6 percent of U.S. completed pregnancies with laboratory evidence of possible recent Zika infection had a fetus or infant with evidence of a Zika-related birth defect, according to a study published in December by the Journal of the American Medical Association.These findings highlight the importance of screening pregnant women for Zika virus exposure.... Read More >>