We are heartened by the news that the Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement focused on reducing gun violence. WSHA joins the American Hospital Association in urging Congress to quickly pass the proposal.... Read More >>
During the 2022 legislative session, policymakers passed SSB 5821 that directs the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to evaluate the state's cardiac and stroke emergency response system.... Read More >>
On April 18, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule.... Read More >>
New Medicaid inpatient and outpatient hospital payment rates will be in effect July 1, 2022, due to the Washington State Health Care Authority’s (HCA) rebasing of its prospective payment methodologies.... Read More >>
Washington hospitals should be judged based on their own performance, not by the experiences in other states. Also, when comparing hospital performance across states, data should be adjusted for case... Read More >>
The state operating budget (ESSB 5693) passed during the last legislative session included $8 million in funding for hospitals in financial distress. The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is... Read More >>
On May 18 the Health Care Cost Transparency Board (HCCTB) unanimously passed a motion authorizing the Board to seek additional data to inform its work, such as available data from... Read More >>
A recent analysis of hospital claims data by the RAND Corporation determined that commercial payment rates for Washington hospitals are among the lowest in the nation, when compared to Medicare... Read More >>
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) recently posted the slide decks for their recent webinars detailing changes to state law to align the state’s Balance Billing Protection... Read More >>
The Washington Health Care Authority is seeking survey responses from primary care provider groups related to their capacity to adopt the Primary Care Transformation Model. Specifically, HCA needs to understand... Read More >>
