WSR 19-10-009
EMERGENCY RULES
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
[Filed April 19, 2019, 10:45 a.m., effective April 19, 2019, 10:45 a.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: The agency is amending WAC 182-501-0060 Health care coverage—Program benefit packages—Scope of service categories, to implement E2SSB 5179, which restores coverage of hearing instruments for adults.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-501-0060.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
41.05.021,
41.05.160, E2SSB 5179, 65th legislature, 2018 regular session.
Under RCW
34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: This emergency is necessary to continue the current emergency filed under WSR 19-02-022, which is set to expire on April 20, 2019, while the agency completes the permanent rule-making process. This emergency implements the requirements of E2SSB 5179, 65th legislature, 2018 regular session, effective January 1, 2019. Since the last emergency filing, the agency has completed the internal review, external review, and plans to file the CR-102 Proposed rule making in the near future.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 19, 2019.
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 15-07-083, filed 3/17/15, effective 4/17/15)
WAC 182-501-0060Health care coverage—Program benefit packages—Scope of service categories.
(1) This rule provides a table that lists:
(a) The following Washington apple health (WAH) programs:
(i) The alternative benefits plan (ABP) medicaid;
(ii) Categorically needy (CN) medicaid;
(iii) Medically needy (MN) medicaid; and
(iv) Medical care services (MCS) programs (includes incapacity-based and aged, blind, and disabled medical care services), as described in WAC 182-508-0005; and
(b) The benefit packages showing what service categories are included for each program.
(2) Within a service category included in a benefit package, some services may be covered and others noncovered.
(3) Services covered within each service category included in a benefit package:
(a) Are determined in accordance with WAC 182-501-0050 and 182-501-0055 when applicable.
(b) May be subject to limitations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements contained in agency rules.
(c) May require prior authorization (see WAC 182-501-0165), or expedited authorization when allowed by the agency.
(d) Are paid for by the agency or its designee and subject to review both before and after payment is made. The agency or the client's managed care organization may deny or recover payment for such services, equipment, and supplies based on these reviews.
(4) The agency does not pay for covered services, equipment, or supplies that:
(a) Require prior authorization from the agency or its designee, if prior authorization was not obtained before the service was provided;
(b) Are provided by providers who are not contracted with the agency as required under chapter 182-502 WAC;
(c) Are included in an agency or its designee waiver program identified in chapter 182-515 WAC; or
(d) Are covered by a third-party payor (see WAC 182-501-0200), including medicare, if the third-party payor has not made a determination on the claim or has not been billed by the provider.
(5) Programs not addressed in the table:
(a) Alien emergency medical (AEM) services (see chapter 182-507 WAC); and
(b) TAKE CHARGE program (see WAC 182-532-700 through 182-532-790);
(c) Postpartum and family planning extension (see WAC 182-523-0130(4) and 182-505-0115(5));
(d) Eligibility for pregnant minors (see WAC 182-505-0117); and
(e) Kidney disease program (see chapter 182-540 WAC).
(6) Scope of service categories. The following table lists the agency's categories of health care services.
(a) Under the ABP, CN, and MN headings there are two columns. One addresses clients twenty years of age and younger and the other addresses clients twenty-one years of age and older.
(b) The letter "Y" means a service category is included for that program. Services within each service category are subject to limitations and restrictions listed in the specific medical assistance program rules and agency issuances.
(c) The letter "N" means a service category is not included for that program.
(d) Refer to WAC 182-501-0065 for a description of each service category and for the specific program rules containing the limitations and restrictions to services.
Service Categories | ABP 20- | ABP 21+ | CN1 20- | CN 21+ | MN 20- | MN 21+ | MCS |
Ambulance (ground and air) | Y | | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Behavioral health services | | | | | | | |
• | Mental health (MH) inpatient care | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
• | MH outpatient community care | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y2 |
• | MH psychiatric visits | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y3 |
• | MH medication management | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
• | Substance use disorder (SUD) detoxification | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
• | SUD diagnostic assessment | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
• | SUD residential treatment | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
• | SUD outpatient treatment | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Blood/blood products/related services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Dental services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Diagnostic services (lab and X-ray) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) services | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Habilitative services | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
Health care professional services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Hearing evaluations | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Hearing aids | Y | ((N)) Y | Y | ((N)) Y | Y | ((N)) Y | ((N)) Y |
Home health services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Hospice services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
Hospital services Inpatient/outpatient | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Intermediate care facility/services for persons with intellectual disabilities | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Maternity care and delivery services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Medical equipment, durable (DME) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Medical equipment, nondurable (MSE) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Medical nutrition services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Nursing facility services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Organ transplants | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Orthodontic services | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Out-of-state services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
Outpatient rehabilitation services (OT, PT, ST) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
Personal care services | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
Prescription drugs | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Private duty nursing | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
Prosthetic/orthotic devices | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Reproductive health services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Respiratory care (oxygen) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
School-based medical services | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Vision care Exams, refractions, and fittings | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Vision hardware Frames and lenses | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
1 | Clients enrolled in the Washington apple health for kids and Washington apple health for kids with premium programs, which includes the children's health insurance program (CHIP), receive CN-scope of health care services. |
2 | Restricted to incapacity-based MCS clients enrolled in managed care. |
3 | Incapacity-based MCS clients can receive one psychiatric diagnostic evaluation per year and eleven monthly visits per year for medication management. |