2014 was a year of significant changes for hospitals and healthcare, impacting both health care coverage and payment issues. Here are a few of the significant events that occurred this year.... Read More >>

The Health Care Authority (HCA) has completed changes that should help many hospitals obtain significant additional Medicare disproportionate share hospital funding. WSHA became aware that HCA’s process for counting and... Read More >>

As part of the process to develop a budget proposal for the upcoming biennium (State Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017), the Health Care Authority’s (HCA’s) recommendations to the Governor included a... Read More >>

  The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) are in the process of determining the regional boundaries they will use for... Read More >>

New Safety Net Assessment Program Successfully Completes First Year The Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) is pleased to report that payments to hospitals for Medicaid services under the Hospital Safety... Read More >>

  Health Care Authority Recommends $42 Million Medicaid Payment Cut to Hospital Clinics, Other Changes   Last week the Health Care Authority (HCA) submitted to Governor Inslee a set of... Read More >>

  The cost of health care delivery is an issue that causes confusion and frustration for patients, lawmakers, and the hospitals themselves. The Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) is providing... Read More >>

For the past several months, insurers, joined by the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) and the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA), have been highlighting problems in the Washington Health Benefit... Read More >>

While operational challenges will undoubtedly unfold after last week’s Washington State Supreme Court decision to end the practice of psychiatric boarding through Single Bed Certifications (SBCs) for patients without medical comorbidities,... Read More >>