WSHA recently sent to CEOs, CFOs, and Government Affairs staff of member hospitals summaries of assessments and payments under the Hospital Safety Net Assessment program for state fiscal year 2019, and projections of assessments and estimated payments for state fiscal year 2020. No significant changes are expected for the SFY 2020 program.... Read More >>

On July 29, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule.... Read More >>

On August 2, CMS released its final Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule for 2020. ... Read More >>

On August 2, The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) released stakeholder draft rules for HB 1065, the Balance Billing Protection Act, which recently passed during the 2019 legislative session. ... Read More >>

WSHA has been working with the State Health Care Authority to finalize details of the Hospital Safety Net Assessment Program for state fiscal year 2020, which began July 1.... Read More >>

A Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that hospitals are not entitled to deduct business and occupation (B&O) taxes from Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments made on behalf of out of state patients. ... Read More >>

WSHA’s Government Affairs team has published its August 2019 update to its State Regulatory Issues webpage. ... Read More >>

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released a description summary of a draft legislative bill intended to reduce Medicare and Medicaid drug costs.... Read More >>

The state Health Care Authority (HCA) has begun the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) application process for state fiscal year 2020. ... Read More >>

The Washington State Department of Health recently launched a new feature on the Certificate of Need (CON) program website that provides enhanced tracking and search functions for projects where the review is in process on or after July 1, 2019. ... Read More >>