The Health Care Authority (HCA) and the Medicaid managed care plans will implement a new payment policy impacting Medicaid readmissions within 14 days after discharge. ... Read More >>
On December 12, the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) ordered Coordinated Care Corporation to stop all new sales of individual health plans due to concerns regarding network adequacy.... Read More >>
Unless prevented by Congressional action or a successful lawsuit in the next few weeks, the payment cuts for Medicare 340B drugs in the final Medicare outpatient rule will go into effect January 1, 2018. ... Read More >>
Hospitals have until January 2 to correct the data on Worksheet S-10 of the Medicare cost report.... Read More >>
Kelly Wallace, Chief Financial Officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital, retired earlier this month.... Read More >>
WSHA has asked members of Washington State’s Congressional delegation to support a bipartisan bill, H. R. 4392, to stop the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) rule to reduce payments for outpatient drugs provided by certain 340B eligible hospitals by nearly 30%.... Read More >>
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) notified WSHA that it will withdraw its rulemaking regarding alternative authorization processes, sometimes known as “goldcarding.”... Read More >>
The state’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) has delayed the timeline for hospitals to undertake their review and verification of data that will be posted on the site’s website for the public.... Read More >>
In the next few days, WSHA is sending hospital-specific analyses of the final Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule to the chief financial officer or other designated recipient at each of our member Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals. ... Read More >>
The Washington State Department of Revenue recently filed a preliminary notice of their intent to update certain rules and definitions relating to property tax exemptions for various types of organizations, including hospitals. ... Read More >>
