INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Planned home births and births in birthing centers: Fee schedule corrections.
Effective Date: October 15, 2004.
Document Description: Retroactive to dates of service on and after July 1, 2004, the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) is correcting the maximum allowable fees published in numbered memo 04-40 MAA for certain planned home births and births in birthing centers services.
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.
October 20, 2004
Ann Myers, Manager
Rules and Publications Section