INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Division of Rates and Finance
Subject: Title XIX State Plan Amendment 11-20.
Effective Date: June 1, 2011.
Document Description: The department is anticipating changes to the disproportionate share payment methodology to comply with state and federal rules and the state's 2011-2013 budget. Changes will include: Cost calculation methodology; changes to nonrural indigent assistance and small rural indigent assistance DSH programs; elimination of GAU DSH; and other possible revisions.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Sandy Stith, Office of Hospital Finance, P.O. Box 45500, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-1949, TDD/TTY 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 753-9152, e-mail sandy.stith@dshs.wa.gov.