News

  The future of Washington State’s Health Benefit Exchange will depend in part on the upcoming negotiations between the Washington State House and Senate. The budgets adopted in each chamber are... Read More >>

WSHA staff and members are heading to Washington D.C. next week to attend the American Hospital Association Annual Meeting and lobby our Congressional delegation on key issues. Our key issues include support of... Read More >>

On Monday, April 20, WSHA testified at the House Appropriations Committee about the Senate version of the Hospital Safety Net Assessment bill, SSB 6045. We very much appreciate the expert... Read More >>

  Two WSHA-supported bills recently passed the Washington State Legislature and will aid efforts to ensure access to safe and cost-effective access to health care in our communities. Hospital finance... Read More >>

The big headlines for this session might be about the state budget debate, but for us at WSHA, the session has been memorable because of the productivity of our partnerships.... Read More >>

On April 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out a new “star rating” on its hospital compare website, starting with ratings for Hospital Consumer Assessment of... Read More >>

Guest Message from Tom Evert, President of Washington Hospital Services and CFO of WSHA For thirty years, Washington Hospital Services has given WSHA members a place to pursue projects and services... Read More >>

Telemedicine Although you might have already seen it in “Weekly Report,” we are thrilled to share with you that our telemedicine bill passed the House last week and is on... Read More >>

The temporary patch to the federal “Sustainable Growth Rate” formula expired March 31, creating a 21 percent reduction to Medicare physician payments. A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives,... Read More >>

Legislation makes it easier to bring specialists face-to-face with patients April 9, 2015, SEATTLE, Wash. — On Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly passed SB 5175, the telemedicine bill. Once signed into... Read More >>