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Hospital Action Required To: Psychiatric Hospital and Inpatient Behavioral Health Executives and Administrators, Legal Counsel, Risk Management, and Government Affairs Staff Staff Contact: Cara Helmer, RN, JD, Policy Director, Legal... Read More >>

New Law: Action Required To: Rural Chief Executive Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Chief Nursing Officers, Human Resources, Legal, Quality and Risk, and Government Affairs Staff. Please forward to clinic managers... Read More >>

On May 11, Governor Inslee signed Substitute House Bill 1850 – Concerning the hospital safety net program.  The bill directs the Health Care Authority to implement a directed payment program to support... Read More >>

WSHA recently submitted comments to the Department of Commerce (DOC) on its emergency rulemaking that extends the application period for clean buildings law exemptions. The rule allows building owners to... Read More >>

The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission (PQAC) has released a draft CR-101 rule on accessible prescription labeling and will be discussing it at an upcoming rules workshop in June (date to... Read More >>

WSHA invites you to a webinar on SB 5236 – the hospital staffing compromise law of 2023 – from 12-1 p.m. Monday, June 12.... Read More >>

After years of advocacy from WSHA and its members, a bill (SSB 5499) allowing Washington to join the Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact (the Compact) was signed into law.... Read More >>

  To: Rural Chief Executive Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Chief Nursing Officers, Legal Counsel, and Government Affairs Leaders Please forward to risk and compliance staff Staff Contact: Katerina LaMarche, JD,... Read More >>

WSHA recently submitted comments to the Department of Commerce (DOC) on its emergency rulemaking that extends the application period for clean buildings law exemptions.... Read More >>

The last three years of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely be remembered as one of the defining eras of modern history.... Read More >>