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The Washington State Legislature recently enacted SSB 5163, which broadly expands both the categories of people who can sue for wrongful death and the types of damages they may recover. ... Read More >>
The purpose of this bulletin is to inform hospitals and health systems about Senate Bill 5526, the newly enacted public option health insurance plan, also known as Cascade Care.... Read More >>
The purpose of this bulletin is to alert all hospitals providing sexual assault evidence kit collection that there is a temporary moratorium on destruction of unreported sexual assault kits. ... Read More >>
The purpose of this bulletin is to inform you of an expansion of the state’s whistleblower law.... Read More >>
Now that legislative session is over, WSHA’s Government Affairs staff are hard at work preparing resources to assist members with implementing all the new laws. ... Read More >>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released draft guidance on hospital co-location and shared service arrangements, available here. ... Read More >>
Three hundred two members of the House of Representatives – including eight from Washington State – this week urged House leaders to work to delay for at least two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts scheduled to take effect October 1. ... Read More >>
The pace of congressional efforts to address “surprise billing” is quickening. This week, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders unveiled a discussion draft of a bipartisan proposal that would prohibit balance billing for all emergency services and hold patients responsible only for the amount they would have paid in-network.... Read More >>
A federal district court judge in Washington this week held that, like the 2018 cuts to the reimbursement rate to 340B hospitals, the 2019 Medicare cuts were unlawful. ... Read More >>
The Legislature has reached a budget agreement for the 2019-2021 biennium, which will allow the 2019 legislative session to conclude on time on April 28. ... Read More >>
