August 8, 2025

Resources and Support for Our Independent Practice Members

The WSMA offers tailored guidance and resources to help you practice medicine, regardless of your practice type or setting, or whether employed or independent. The WSMA provides resources on a host of topics—from legal to leadership, from clinical quality to practice support and more—so that you and your staff can spend more of your time delivering quality care. Make sure you're getting the most out of your membership by exploring all that the WSMA offers. Our practice management resources at-a-glance:

• Prior Authorization Navigator: WSMA's Prior Authorization Navigator is a mobile-friendly "one-stop shop" for guidance on existing and new state prior authorization requirements. Make sure your staff is consulting this resource regularly.
• Balance billing: An overview of legislation protecting patients from unexpected bills while preserving physicians' ability to negotiate fair reimbursement from Washington's health insurers.
• Private practice: Education and resources to help support independent physicians in private practice.
• Practice operations: On-demand webinars to help members identify core challenges and implement solutions that improve the functionality of their medical practice.
• Contracting: Designed to help you review and understand the terms of contractual agreements you are considering entering into with payers or network sponsors.
• Health law guidance: Washington Physicians' Guide to Health Law is an easy-to-use online guide of the many laws commonly encountered in a medical practice.
• Immigrant welfare: Guidance for clinics and practices wishing to adopt policies and procedures for addressing potential immigration enforcement activity in their settings.
• Social media screening: Encouraging physicians to use social media guidelines and resources as a part of routine health screenings and patient care.
• Health equity: The WSMA Foundation has a wealth of health equity resources to help our independent practices deliver culturally sensitive care.
• Physician and practitioner wellness: The WSMA Foundation prioritizes physician and practitioner wellness in all settings. Make sure you're making the most of our wellness resources.

There's much more—visit the WSMA website to find our full suite of resources for physicians and practices.

WSMA Policy Department: We're here to help you!

Do you have questions about how changes from the state legislative session will apply to your practice? Are you frustrated by administrative burden or a particular state or federal regulation? The WSMA Policy Department is here to help. As a WSMA member, you have access to policy experts who can assist with your questions and provide information on the latest health care policies and proposals. Your questions and feedback help us shape our policy agenda in partnership with the House of Delegates, our legislative team, and state and federal agencies, and may lead to direct WSMA-led action before the state to address issues facing physicians. We need to hear from you! Reach out to us with your questions and ideas at policy@wsma.org.