WSR 11-04-029

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

[ Filed January 24, 2011, 12:22 p.m. ]


Notice of Interpretive or Policy Statement


     In accordance with RCW 34.05.230(12), following is a list of policy and interpretive statements issued by the department of social and health services.

Medicaid Purchasing Administration (MPA)

Division of Legal Services



     Document Title: # Memo 10-85.

     Subject: Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC): 2011 fee schedule and policy updates.

     Effective Date: January 1, 2011.

     Document Description: Revise the definition for ASC; update the ASC fee schedule with procedure code revisions; add year 2011 current procedural terminology (CPT¦) codes and year 2011 healthcare common procedural coding system codes to the ASC fee schedule; update the ASC fee schedule with new authorization codes with budget reduction related changes; make changes to the dental program for clients twenty-one and older that affect ASCs; and implement new authorization codes.

     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.

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