WSR 11-14-125

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

[ Filed July 6, 2011, 11:34 a.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 11-48.

     Subject: Trauma supplemental payments.

     Effective Date: June 6, 2011.

     [Document Description:] The MPA overspent its SFY 2010 trauma care fund (TCF) appropriation for trauma care physicians. In accordance with WAC 388-531-2000 (7)(d), MPA will recoup the amount of the overpayment from physicians and physician groups who received lump sum trauma supplemental payments for SFY 2010. The amount to be recouped from each provider is based on that provider's final percentage share of the physician TCF liquidation pool. MPA will begin recoupment immediately and complete this action by June 30, 2011.

     To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Amber Dassow, MPA, 636 8th Street, Olympia, WA 98504, 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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