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The Department of Health Newborn Screening Program recognized several Washington State hospitals for exemplary performance in meeting timeframes to collect newborn screening blood samples. The hospitals are: Three Rivers Hospital... Read More >>

Cascade Valley Hospital hosted its first “Good to Go From Head to Toe Kids’ Back to School Expo” Aug. 22, helping children in the Arlington area get the health care... Read More >>

This week we were excited to announce that Washington’s cesarean section (C-section) rates are at their lowest levels since 2003, dropping 11 percent between 2010 and 2014 for low-risk, first-birth... Read More >>

September 3, 2015 A safer birth for mothers and babies   This week we were excited to announce that Washington’s cesarean section (C-section) rates are at their lowest levels since... Read More >>

At the very end of the 2015 legislative session and after an extraordinary amount of negotiation and fine-line review, both the House and the Senate passed, and the Governor signed,... Read More >>

In 2008, MultiCare, a WSHA member and Tacoma-based health system, was one of the first hospitals in the state to begin researching the effectiveness of pulse oximetry screening for detecting congenital... Read More >>

Last week the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) sent providers an alert clarifying that HCA will not be adopting a policy adopted for Medicare Part B contractors regarding specificity of... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Besler Consulting, provides revenue consulting that helps health care organizations navigate changing payment models. Their recent blog posts on dedicated observation units and bundled payments... Read More >>

The state Department of Health’s licensing system, ILRS, will be down over the coming weekend from 8 a.m. on August 22 through 5 p.m. on August 23. This is necessary... Read More >>

Last week, the Health Care Authority released a request for proposal (RFP) for the integrated Medicaid contract for Clark and Skamania Counties (see it here). At this time, the southwest region... Read More >>