INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Audiologist and speech pathologist program: Fee schedule changes.
Effective Date: June 30, 2003.
Document Description: Effective for dates of service on and after July 1, 2003, the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) will implement:
| • | The updated Medicare physician fee schedule data base (MPFSDB) year 2003 relative value units (RVUs); |
| • | The year 2003 additions of current procedural terminology (CPT™) codes; and |
| • | Changes to health care financing administration common procedure coding system (HCPCS) Level II codes. |
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Kevin Sullivan, Regulatory Improvement Coordinator, Department of Social and Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration, Division of Program Support, P.O. Box 45533, Olympia, WA 98504-5533, phone (360) 725-1344 or go to website http://maa.dshs.wa.gov/download/publicationsfees.htm (click on "Numbered Memoranda," "Year 2003"), TDD 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail mailto:sullikm@dshs.wa.gov.
November 13, 2003
E. A. Myers, Manager
Rules and Publications Section