INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Oxygen and respiratory therapy program: Fee schedule changes.
Effective Date: July 1, 2004.
Document Description: Effective for dates of service on and after July 1, 2004, the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) has revised the fee schedule in MAA's oxygen and respiratory therapy billing instructions, dated September 2001, to match Medicare's 2004 fees. The new fee schedule is attached to this memorandum.
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.
July 7, 2004
E. A. Myers, Manager
Rules and Publications Section