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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 3 issued a final rule adopting the National Fire Protection Association’s 2012 Life Safety Code (with minor amendments) and most chapters of its 2012 Health Care Facilities Code for hospitals, critical access hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, inpatient hospice facilities and certain other facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Incyte Diagnostics has announced two new leadership changes they would like to announce to WSHA members. Tom Rehwald has assumed the responsibilities of CEO, and Tom Legel has become the new CFO.... Read More >>

Early evidence suggests that the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 has reduced drug shortages overall, but not for acute care drugs, according to a study published May 2 in Health Affairs.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the May 5, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

WSHA hosted a webinar to discuss the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program Analysis. The webcast provided an overview of the HAC program as well as provide insights to your hospital specific impact analysis.... Read More >>

Of late, the Health Care Authority (HCA) has been working with consultants and addressing public questions about the roles of the Accountable Communities of Health (ACHs), with requests to define their responsibilities and level of readiness if the state succeeds in getting a global waiver from the federal government.... Read More >>

Brenda Parnell, former CEO of Ferry County Hospital in Republic, has joined WSHA for the next several months as a temporary employee. She is assisting us as a policy and rural director for the summer while two members of our team are on leave.... Read More >>

WSHA is pleased to announce more great progress in our work improving health care in our state! Washington hospitals are making great strides in safety with 40,600 fewer harms, 19,000 fewer readmissions and 5,000 few early elected deliveries.... Read More >>

The Department of Health will be mailing out the annual statewide surveys on hospital acute care bed counts. The surveys have been mailed via U.S. mail to hospital administrators. Hospitals should receive them the first week of May, and responses are due by June 1.... Read More >>

KVH recently finished work on a helipad that will make the process of landing a helicopter at the hospital quicker, easier and — perhaps most importantly —safer. By having a dedicated helipad, pilots have a clear flight path and don’t need to maneuver around cars.... Read More >>