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Marie Eaton to keynote the 2018 Washington End-of-Life Coalition Annual Meeting

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-md-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/images/Logos/WEOLC_logo_645px.jpg" class="pull-right" /> </div> <h5> October 10, 2018 </h5> <h2> Marie Eaton to keynote the 2018 Washington End-of-Life Coalition Annual Meeting </h2> <p>This year's <a href="https://wsma.org/WSMA/Events/End-of-Life_Coalition_Annual_Meeting/WSMA/Events/End_of_Life_Coalition_Annual_Meeting.aspx?hkey=b2622d3f-d47a-4a5a-975c-4ab94e13548a">WEOLC Annual Meeting</a> is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 16 at the Seattle Airport Marriott and will feature keynote presenter Marie Eaton, a community champion for the innovative Palliative Care Institute in Whatcom County. The theme of the day-long meeting is "End of Life Choice Comes of Age: Living and Dying by Your Values," and the meeting will check in on two key movements in serious illness and end-of-life care: the start of board certification for palliative care nationally and in Washington state, voter approval of our physician aid-in-dying law.</p> <p>Meeting highlights include sixteen speakers, starting with a keynote by Marie Eaton, an update on POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) and much more. Registration will be available next week, and exhibitors and sponsors are welcome. Visit the <a href="https://wsma.org/WSMA/Events/End-of-Life_Coalition_Annual_Meeting/WSMA/Events/End_of_Life_Coalition_Annual_Meeting.aspx?hkey=b2622d3f-d47a-4a5a-975c-4ab94e13548a">meeting webpage</a> for more information.</p> <p>Formed in 1997, the WEOLC provides support for the state's POLST program as well as outreach and networking opportunities through its annual meeting in the fall. <a href="https://wsma.org/WSMA/Resources/Advance_Care_Planning/WELOC/WSMA/Resources/Advance_Care_Planning/Washington_End-of-Life_Coalition/Washington_End-of-Life_Coalition.aspx?hkey=3f9c1df0-ec7e-4a68-ba85-37b02a28b201">Learn more about the WEOLC</a>.</p> </div>

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New opioid bill passes Congress with bipartisan support

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-md-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/images/News/Rx_bottle_yellowbackground_645x425.jpg" class="pull-right" /> </div> <h5> October 10, 2018 </h5> <h2>New opioid bill passes Congress with bipartisan support</h2> <p>To address the ongoing opioid epidemic, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr6">SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6)</a>. The bill is now headed to President Trump, who is expected to sign the bill into law. H.R. 6 is expansive in its approach, attempting to tackle the epidemic from all sides, including considerable increases in federal funding for programs. Physicians should take note of the following bill provisions.</p> <p>The bill would:</p> <ul> <li>Require physicians and other providers treating Medicaid patients to check relevant prescription drug monitoring programs (with timing, manner and form specified by the state).</li> <li>Require prescriptions for controlled substances under a Part D or Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan to be transmitted in accordance with an electronic prescription drug program by Jan. 2, 2021.</li> <li>Require the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to update its regulations dictating how prescribers may authenticate prescriptions.</li> <li>Require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish a standard, secure electronic prior authorization system by 2021.</li> <li>Expand the kinds of information drug and device manufacturers are required to report to the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services' Open Payments program, which tracks transfers of value given to physicians and other providers. Additionally, the <a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/">Open Payments program website</a> would be allowed to display new information such as National Provider Identifier numbers.</li> <li>Expand the availability of services to treat Medicaid and Medicare patients for substance use disorder.</li> </ul> <p>Notably, the bill would reauthorize and improve the state targeted response grants from the 21<sup>st</sup>Century Cures Act, providing additional funding and flexibility for states to bolster programs that aim to prevent and treat substance use disorder.</p> <p>For details on the many provisions of this wide-ranging bill, contact Jeb Shepard, <a href="mailto:jeb@wsma.org">jeb@wsma.org</a>, or Tierney Edwards, JD, <a href="mailto:tee@wsma.org">tee@wsma.org</a>.</p> </div>

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State proposes licensing fee increases for ASFs

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-md-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/images/News/Surgery_room_645x425.jpg" class="pull-right" /> </div> <h5> October 10, 2018 </h5> <h2> State proposes licensing fee increases for ASFs </h2> <p>The Department of Health is conducting rulemaking that proposes increases in initial and renewal licensing fees for ambulatory surgery facilities. In a <a href="https://wasca.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WASCA-Fee-Increase-Letter.pdf" target="_blank">letter to lawmakers opposing the proposal</a>, the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association details its concerns that the significant fee increases (in excess of 350 percent) would make it difficult for some ASFs to keep their facilities available at a reasonable cost to patients or to stay in business altogether.</p> <p>Visit the <a href="https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/policyreview/">DOH rules comment page</a> for the rule and to comment (feedback is due by Oct. 30). A public rulemaking hearing on the fee increases is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Department of Health, Town Center 2, 111 Israel Road S.E., Room 158, in Tumwater. For questions on this issue, contact Emily Jones at <a href="mailto:emily.jones@wasca.net">emily.jones@wasca.net</a>.</p> </div>

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