INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Division of Legal Services
Subject: January 1, 2011, benefit changes.
Effective Date: January 1, 2011.
Document Description: NOTICE TO MEDICAID CLIENTS AND PROVIDERS: Medicaid is eliminating coverage of optional health care services as a consequence of Executive Order 10-04, which Governor Gregoire issued on September 13, 2010. For a full list of services to be eliminated, please visit the medicaid budget web site at http://hrsa.dshs.wa.gov/News/Budget.htm. Providers also are encouraged to join a listserv for relevant e-mails at https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/hrsalistsrvsignup/.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Amber Dassow, MPA, P.O. Box 5504, 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.