The purpose of this bulletin is to inform hospitals of important Washington state law changes concerning telemedicine. This bulletin summarizes three new laws that were enacted in 2021 by the Washington State Legislature.... Read More >>
Register now for the webinar, Telemedicine 101: Considerations When Implementing or Expanding Services, led by WSHA Policy Director David Streeter and University of Washington School of Law Affiliate Instructor Cindy Jacobs, from 12–1 p.m., Tuesday July 20.... Read More >>
The Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (NCQAC) has updated its nursing licensure processing methods.... Read More >>
The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) have both released information regarding payment to providers for vaccine counseling services.... Read More >>
Senate Bill 5377 enacted during the 2021 legislative session makes some key modifications to public option health plans (also known as “Cascade Care Select”). ... Read More >>
On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and hospitals challenging the U.S Department of health and Human Services’ (HHS’) site-neutral payment policy, allowing Medicare payment cuts to off-campus hospital-based clinics to continue. ... Read More >>
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun the process for hospitals and providers to report their use of funding received from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund (PRF). ... Read More >>
We recently learned from the HCA that the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the CRF funding is 21.019. This award number should be used on each hospital’s Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) as part of the organization’s single audit.... Read More >>
WSHA’s Government Affairs team has published its update to its State Regulatory Issues webpage. ... Read More >>
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) released a report of arbitration proceedings and results for 2020 under the state’s Balance Billing Protection Act (BBPA). ... Read More >>
