INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Updates to the prescription drug program.
Effective Date: January 30, 2004.
Document Description: This memorandum describes the following changes in the Medical Assistance Administration's (MAA's) coverage effective the week of March 1, 2004, and after:
&lhlsqbul; Changes to expedited prior authorization (EPA) codes and criteria; and
&lhlsqbul; Changes to limitations of certain drugs.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Barbara Salmon, Rules and Publications Section, Department of Social and Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration, Division of Policy and Analysis, P.O. Box 45533, Olympia, WA 98504-5533, phone (360) 725-1349 or go to website http://maa.dshs.wa.gov/download/publicationsfees.htm (click on "Numbered Memos," "Year 2003"), TDD 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail salmobl@dshs.wa.gov.
February 27, 2004
E. A. Myers, Manager
Rules and Publications Section