On a related note, the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner recently announced that the dispute resolution mechanism under the state’s Balance Billing Protection Act (BBPA) would be extended... Read More >>

The Medicare Provider Reimbursement Manual requires hospitals to adjust their Medicare cost reports to deduct the portion of association dues related to lobbying expenses. WSHA and AWPHD recently calculated and... Read More >>

The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) issued its final CR-103 rule to implement E2SHB 1688. The rule aligns portions of the state’s Balance Billing Protection Act as... Read More >>

WSHA’s Government Affairs team recently published an update to its Top Priority Rules Tracker, which shows the highest-priority ongoing state rulemaking activities impacting hospitals and health systems as part of its State... Read More >>

Enrollment continues to grow since launching Cascade Select, Washington’s public option health plans, in 2021.... Read More >>

After weeks of negotiations, we are pleased to report we have reached a compromise on SB 5236 – the staffing bill that would have mandated nurse-to-staff ratios... Read More >>

After weeks of negotiations, the Washington State Hospital Association has reached a compromise position on Senate Bill 5236, the hospital staffing bill.... Read More >>

Friday, Feb. 17 marked the first cutoff of the legislative session, when a policy bill must have passed through its committee of origin (except for fiscal committees)... Read More >>

Thank you to everyone who joined us this week for Hospital Advocacy Day. We are pleased to report that this year’s event was a great success, as we welcomed 117 members representing 53 hospitals to the capitol.... Read More >>

The big news this week is that SB 5236 (mandating ratios by rulemaking) and SB 5103 have advanced from their respective committees... Read More >>