PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 388-550-4800 Hospital payment methods -- State administered programs.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.500.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To clarify how MAA determines payments for state-administered program claims that qualify as diagnosis-related group (DRG) high-cost outliers. To remove language regarding enhanced payments for trauma care provided to a client eligible under the medically indigent (MI) program or general assistance-unemployable (GAU) program. To add a table that shows high-cost outlier calculations for qualifying claims for state-administered programs.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites the interested public to review and provide input on the draft language of this rule. Draft material and information about how to participate may be obtained from the department representative listed below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Kathy Sayre, Rules and Publications, P.O. Box 45533, Olympia, WA 98504-5533, phone (360) 725-1342, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail sayrek@dshs.wa.gov.
June 13, 2003
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit