Congress is poised to adjourn for the year after voting this week to fund the government through Sept. 30. ... Read More >>
To distribute a new pamphlet that the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) has developed to help support hospital leaders and nurse managers in implementing and ensuring success under Washington’s uninterrupted breaks and on-call staffing law. The pamphlet is meant to be distributed to impacted hospital staff by managers.... Read More >>
Governor Jay Inslee released his proposed 2020 supplemental budget yesterday. Highlights of the budget include addressing the homelessness crisis, expanding early learning and combatting climate change. The governor’s proposal would... Read More >>
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would reprocess calendar year 2019 payments for exempted hospital clinics that a U.S. district court ruled were improperly reduced. Noridian,... Read More >>
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, Executive, Administrative and Professional (EAP) workers will need to make at least $35,568 to be eligible for “exempt status” from overtime pay and other benefits. That... Read More >>
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s (OIC) released the final rule and concise explanatory statement (CES) implementing House Bill 1065, the Balance Billing Protection Act (BBPA). WSHA is preparing an updated version of its... Read More >>
Gov. Inslee released his proposed 2020 supplemental budget today. There are no major funding cuts to health care nor new taxes proposed. There are also modest investments in health care... Read More >>
The purpose of this bulletin is to advise members that Washington State’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has finalized its overtime pay rules for Executive, Administrative and Professional workers (EAP). ... Read More >>
The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), the Washington Health Benefit Exchange (HBE) and the Office of Insurance Commissioner (OIC) are co-hosting a webinar on the new public option plans that will be offered on the HBE starting Jan. 1, 2021, known as Cascade Care.... Read More >>
Across the state, many patients are stuck in hospitals because the patients can’t access appropriate care in their communities. ... Read More >>
