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WSHA sent an email to hospital CFOs and legal counsel with information about the Department of Health’s charity care rulemaking. ... Read More >>

WSHA recently provided comments to the State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) on its new draft legislation on billing and payment for out-of-network services.... Read More >>

At WSHA’s request, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) recently completed rulemaking to remove an obsolete requirement that hospitals submit estimated annual budgets to the department.... Read More >>

January 1, 2019, the Health Care Authority (HCA) will expand integrated managed care (IMC) to five additional regions.... Read More >>

The Health Care Authority recently published an updated Physician-Related Services Billing Guide which is available on the agency’s Provider billing guides page.... Read More >>

The purpose of this bulletin is to notify hospitals that the Washington State Newborn Screening Program is not currently able to complete newborn screening tests for one of the conditions required by state law. As a result, the program is not sending out printed screening reports. ... Read More >>

The purpose of this bulletin is to advise members that the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is engaged in a rulemaking process that could expand the class of workers who qualify for overtime pay. This bulletin outlines the proposed changes, ways to participate and WSHA’s activity with this rulemaking.... Read More >>

A public/private safe prescribing initiative launched in late 2017, called Better Prescribing, Better Treatment, has resulted in significant reductions in Apple Health (Medicaid) opioid prescriptions in less than a year,... Read More >>

Last week WSHA led a contingent of members to Washington, D.C., to advocate for health care in rural America. We were pleased to be joined by 28 individuals representing 12 hospitals, making it one of our largest groups ever.... Read More >>

A report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that there were 64 rural hospital closures in America between 2013 and 2017, representing a more than two-fold increase from the previous five-year period.... Read More >>