INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Division of Legal Services
Subject: Early liquidation of the department's state fiscal year (SFY) 2010 trauma care appropriation and reminder about use of trauma condition codes.
Effective Date: December 1, 2010.
Document Description: Effective December 1, 2010, DSHS will liquidate its trauma care fund (TCF) appropriation for SFY 2010. As of that date DSHS will stop making enhanced or supplemental payments to providers for qualified trauma care services provided to medical assistance clients in SFY 2010 (July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010). DSHS will continue to make enhanced or supplemental payments for qualified trauma care services provided in SFY 2011.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Amber Dassow, MPA, P.O. Box 45504, phone (360) 725-1349, TDD/TTY 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail dassoal@dshs.wa.gov, web site http://hrsa.dshs.wa.gov.