WSR 16-10-091

[Filed May 3, 2016, 3:10 p.m.]

Title or Subject: Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) 16-0015.

Effective Date: July 1, 2016.

Description: The health care authority (the agency) intends to submit medicaid SPA 16-0015 to update the effective date of the applied behavior analysis (ABA) (intensive behavior) fee schedule. This is a regular, budget neutral update to keep rates and billing codes in alignment with the coding and coverage changes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), medicaid, and other sources. This update will affect the following codes:

99366 XE

99368 XE

The agency anticipates that updating the codes and the effective date of the fee schedule will have no effect on annual aggregate expenditures.

For additional information, contact Jean Bui, Rates Development, 626 [8th] Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, phone (360) 725-1973, TDD/TTY 800-848-5429, fax (253) 350-6512, e-mail jean.bui@hca.wa.gov, web site http://www.hca.wa.gov/medicaid/rbrvs/Pages/index.aspx.