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<h5>January 27, 2023</h5>
<h2>2023 WSMA Legislative Summit Features Panel Discussion on State of Abortion Care </h2>
<p>At the WSMA Legislative Summit next Friday, Feb. 3, we'll check in on the many legislative proposals regarding access to abortion currently being debated in Olympia during a robust panel discussion on the state of abortion care in Washington. Our guest panelists include Senator Karen Keiser (D-Des Moines), Nari Heshmati, MD, WSMA president elect and OB-GYN, and Courtney Normand, Planned Parenthood state director.</p>
<p>Protecting access to abortion and reproductive care is one of the priority legislative and budget items highlighted at this year's Legislative Summit. Other priorities include across-the-board Medicaid reimbursement rate increases, standardizing the prior authorization process, and preventing inappropriate scope-of-practice increases. If you are passionate about direct advocacy or have been looking for ways to engage with the work of the WSMA, next Friday's Summit is a great opportunity to come to Olympia, learn more about WSMA's legislative agenda, and help deliver our advocacy message directly to your elected representatives. The free event begins at 8 a.m. in the Columbia Room of the Legislative Building at 416 Sid Snyder Avenue SW, Olympia, WA 98504. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. <a href="[@]wsma/events/legislative_summit/wsma/events/wsma_legislative_summit/Legislative_Summit.aspx?hkey=795731a5-79ba-45b0-b78b-b9dfbfc336e5&amp;_zs=A3aFd1&amp;_zl=soFk8">Register for the event online</a>.</p>
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<h5>January 27, 2023</h5>
<h2>Action Alert on Medicaid Reimbursement</h2>
<p>The WSMA is committed to focusing on the one of the biggest funding challenges faced by physicians and health care practitioners: Medicaid payment rates that do not come close to covering the cost of care and do not support access to care for the most vulnerable. During the 2023 legislative session now underway in Olympia, the WSMA is asking the Washington State Legislature to support an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates for professional services to the equivalent paid by Medicare, adjusting to inflation moving forward. The estimated fiscal impact for the 2023-25 biennium is $200.4 million in state general funds, leveraging a more than 2-to-1 federal match for an overall investment of $634.8 million.</p>
<p>This week, we sent an action alert to WSMA members to encourage grassroots advocacy on this issue. It's imperative that lawmakers hear directly from members of the physician community on how these funds will affect their ability to practice good medicine and provide patient care. If you haven't yet responded to the call to action, please take a moment to contact your legislators. <a href="https://www.votervoice.net/WSMA/Campaigns/99646/Respond">Visit the WSMA's new Action Center to send your message</a>.</p>
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<h5>January 27, 2023</h5>
<h2>Apply Now to Attend the Physician Leadership Course this SpringHybrid distance, March 3-May 12, 2023</h2>
<p>The WSMA Physician Leadership Course, led by Ed Walker, MD, MHA, is an 11-week hybrid-distance leadership skills-development course for physicians and physician assistants who want to know more about health care leadership. Designed with a physician's busy schedule in mind, only three in-person classes, held at the Silver Cloud Hotel in Seattle, are required; the remainder of the course is conducted online. </p>
<p>In-person sessions will be held Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, followed by 11 weeks of online instruction and interaction and a final in-person session on Friday, May 12. The course is led by Edward A. Walker, MD, MHA, professor emeritus in the departments of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and health services at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Walker is the senior advisor for WSMA's Center for Leadership Development.</p>
<p>For a course curriculum and application details, visit the <a href="[@]wsma/education/physician_leadership/physician_leadership_course/wsma/physician_leadership/physician_leadership_course/physician_leadership_course.aspx?hkey=efdc4ad1-ff20-4089-ab51-caafbe73572b">WSMA Physician Leadership Course</a> webpage, and learn more about other courses from WSMA's <a href="[@]wsma/education/physician_leadership/wsma/physician_leadership/physician_leadership.aspx?hkey=4a910f13-3bb1-4b95-853f-6f93e33637d2">Center for Leadership Development</a>. This activity has been approved for <em>AMA PRA Category 1 Credit</em>â„¢<em>.</em> </p>
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