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On July 18, the State Pharmacy Commission released a draft emergency rule to allow hospitals to extend their pharmacy license to owned clinics for the purpose of transferring medications. The commission will consider approving the emergency rule at a special meeting from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. July 29. The web meeting is open to the public.... Read More >>

Click here to view webcast recording  Click here to view webcast slides Audience: This webinar is intended for CEOs, CFOs, Chief Medical Officers, and Quality Leaders at Critical Access Hospitals.... Read More >>

Click here to view webcast recording  Click here to view webcast slides Audience: This webinar is intended for CEOs, CFOs, Chief Medical Officers, and Quality Leaders at Washington State non-Critical... Read More >>

WSHA will host two webcasts on July 26 detailing how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which was passed by Congress in 2015, fundamentally changes how physicians are paid. WSHA will offer separate webcasts for critical access hospitals (8-9:30 a.m.) and non-critical access hospitals (12-1:30 p.m.).... Read More >>

The rules development meeting to discuss proposed changes to certificate of need for elective PCI has been changed to Wednesday, August 3 from 9am to 12pm. ... Read More >>

WSHA will host two webcasts on July 26 detailing how Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which was passed by Congress in 2015, fundamentally changes how physicians are paid. WSHA will offer separate webcasts for critical access hospitals (8-9:30 a.m.) and non-critical access hospitals (12-1:30 p.m.), with speaker Harold D. Miller — president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) and a nationally recognized expert — discussing the implications of MACRA for your hospital and your physicians.... Read More >>

Every day, hospitals see the devastating effects of the U.S. opioid epidemic. While prescription opioids can be a safe and necessary part of pain management, these drugs also carry serious risks of harm because of the potential for addiction, misuse, overdose and death. This national epidemic is receiving much-needed attention from all corners of society.... Read More >>

Recording and slides from the webcast "Confronting the opioid epidemic: Appropriately treating pain while stopping abuse" on June 10.... Read More >>

Connection information for the July 26, 2016 webcasts on how MACRA changes how physicians are paid.... Read More >>

The Department of Health (DOH) is in the beginning stage of rulemaking for elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) certificate of need regulations. According to the rulemaking statement, as a result of rulemaking petitions, DOH is considering reducing institutional and individual volume standards for safe and effective elective PCI.... Read More >>