Please join WSHA for our final behavioral health webinar of the year, “How Behavioral Health Conditions Emerge in Children and Youth: An Introduction for All Care Providers,” from 12-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. Behavioral health conditions can emerge and present differently in pediatric patients compared to adults , and when a pediatric patient is experiencing a behavioral health crisis, engaging with both the patient and their support system can lead to increased complexity in providing care.... Read More >>

We’ve heard from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) that less than 10 percent of those eligible for the booster have received it. DOH has asked us and our members to promote the booster... Read More >>

Early intervention with COVID-19 therapeutics (monoclonal antibodies and antivirals) can reduce the risk of severe illness and hospitalization for people with COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing more serious illness... Read More >>

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a rule change in August that modified the public health and clinical data exchange objectives by adding an antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance (AUR) measure that will be required to be implemented by the 2024 reporting period (with few exceptions)... Read More >>

On Oct. 1, the Health Care Authority (HCA) implemented a new policy and related daily reimbursement for an administrative day rate for a new population. This new policy includes birthing parents and their newborn who had an in-utero exposure to a substance that may lead to physiologic dependence and non-pharmacologic firstline treatment by the birth parent... Read More >>

The Psychiatry Consultation Line (PCL) is a free service offered to all providers in Washington State to create convenient access to psychiatric consultation when treating a patient with a behavioral health concern... Read More >>

Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has posted updated Standing Orders for Pfizer-BioNTech 12 years and older and Moderna 18 years and older... Read More >>

WSHA is a committed partner in the Washington State Opioid Response Plan, and in collaboration with the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA). In partnership, we would like to share that the next phase of the Starts with One pharmacy program will commence in October... Read More >>

COVID-19 therapeutics early intervention with COVID-19 therapeutics (treatments and medications) can reduce the risk of severe illness and hospitalization for people with COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing more serious illness... Read More >>

This fall, the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts (AWPHD) and WSHA will offer the three-part webinar series “Substance Use Disorder Care in Rural Settings: Reducing Barriers to Care.”... Read More >>