WSHA advocates on hospital financial challenges

WSHA’s efforts to raise awareness of hospital’s unprecedented capacity and financial challenges are having an impact. WSHA sent a letter to all state legislators and health care regulators detailing the financial losses and reasons for them. In response to voicing our growing concerns about patient who are unable to be discharged, we received a letter from the Governor’s Office detailing efforts underway to help reduce the number of these patients. While we thank the governor for this funding, we recognize that significant issues remain. (Andrew Busz)