The Supreme Court found in favor of the AHA, reversing a prior ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and holding that, absent a survey of hospital acquisition costs, HHS may not vary the reimbursement rates only for 340B hospitals... Read More >>
All health care providers know the challenge of health-care-acquired infections (HAIs), especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the HAI improvements from before the pandemic were lost because of it... Read More >>
The Board’s Role in Credentialing & Privileging has been rescheduled for 12 – 1 p.m. Monday, August 22. This governance education webinar will be presented by WSHA’s Executive Vice President Taya Briley and Senior Vice President of Safety & Quality Darcy Jaffe... Read More >>
ome Washington Hospital Services (WHS) clients are reporting that Washington State Department of Health (DOH) 2022 surveys are happening earlier than anticipated. These surveys are inclusive of the COVID-19 Vaccination Compliance mandate, which went into effect in November 2021... Read More >>
Washington Hospital Services’ Virtual LEAD Academy offers a comprehensive and engaging modular training that focuses on building and strengthening key leadership competencies... Read More >>
Therapeutic inventory reporting in the Health Partner Ordering Portal (HPOP) is now required on Mondays and Thursdays by 11:59 p.m. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) shared instructions to assist providers in updating administered and available treatment courses... Read More >>
Recent member news from the June 23, 2022 Weekly Report.... Read More >>
We are heartened by the news that the Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement focused on reducing gun violence. WSHA joins the American Hospital Association in urging Congress to quickly pass the proposal.... Read More >>
In alignment with its new Framework for Health Equity, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed two new Hospital Inpatient PPS quality measures instructing hospitals to collect and report on patient health-related social needs, or social determinants of health (SDOH).... Read More >>
During the 2022 legislative session, policymakers passed SSB 5821 that directs the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to evaluate the state's cardiac and stroke emergency response system.... Read More >>
