WSR 23-10-001
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
[Filed April 19, 2023, 3:40 p.m.]
NOTICE
Title or Subject: Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) 23-0025 Add USPSTF Language to Preventive Services.
Effective Date: April 1, 2023.
Description: The health care authority (HCA) intends to submit medicaid SPA 23-0025 to add language back to the preventive services section of the medicaid state plan that clarifies the state covers and reimburses all United States Preventive Services Task Force grade A and B preventive services and approved vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and their administration without cost-sharing when provided in a practitioner's office setting. This is not a change in policy; it is an administrative action to add language that was inadvertently omitted from the most recent SPA approved for this subject.
SPA 23-0025 is expected to have no effect on the aggregate payments/expenditures for this service.
A draft of SPA 23-0025 is available for review. HCA would appreciate any input or concerns regarding this SPA. To request a copy or submit comments, please contact the person named below and reply by May 23, 2023 (please note that all comments are subject to public review and disclosure, as are the names of those who comment).
CONTACT: Josh Morse, Health Services, 626 8th Avenue S.W., Olympia, WA 98504-5506, phone 360-725-0839, TTY 711, email Josh.morse@hca.wa.gov.