Medicare sequester moratorium extended
December 16, 2021
The U.S. House and Senate late last week voted to extend the moratorium on the 2 percent Medicare sequester through March 31.... Read More >>
The U.S. House and Senate late last week voted to extend the moratorium on the 2 percent Medicare sequester through March 31.... Read More >>
On December 9, the U.S. Senate approved the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (PMAFSCA) which the President is expected to sign into law. ... Read More >>
Yesterday, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that later this week it will distribute $9 billion of the $17 billion in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments to providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read More >>
Many provisions of the No Surprises Act (NSA) are effective January 1, 2022, including prohibitions on balance billing for out of network emergency services and out of network professional services performed at an in-network facility. ... Read More >>
WSHA’s Government Affairs team recently published an update to its Top Priority State Rules Tracker, which shows the highest-priority ongoing state rulemaking activities impacting hospitals and health systems as part of its State Regulatory Issues webpage. ... Read More >>
On Dec. 8, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization to AstraZeneca's monoclonal antibody, EVUSHELD...... Read More >>
Hospital and health system leadership are invited to join WSHA for the fourth annual Hospital Advocacy Days.... Read More >>
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) finalized its’ regulations for Washington State’s new audio-only telemedicine law that takes effect Dec. 22, 2021.... Read More >>
The Department of Health (DOH) issued the waiver attestation forms for the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)-Electronic Health Record (EHR) integration mandate and the electronic prescribing mandate that took effect as part of SB 5380 (2019).... Read More >>
The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission (PQAC) announced the resumption of routine pharmacy inspections after the pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More >>