PDFWAC 182-544-0150

Vision care—Provider requirements.

(1) Enrolled/contracted eye care providers must:
(a) Meet the requirements in chapter 182-502 WAC;
(b) Provide only those services that are within the scope of the provider's license;
(c) Obtain all hardware (including the tinting of eyeglass lenses) and contact lenses for clients from the medicaid agency's designated supplier as published in the agency's current vision care billing instructions; and
(d) Return all unclaimed hardware and contact lenses to the agency's designated supplier using a postage-paid envelope furnished by the supplier.
(2) The following providers are to enroll/contract with the agency to provide and bill for vision care services furnished to clients:
(a) Ophthalmologists;
(b) Optometrists;
(c) Opticians; and
(d) Ocularists.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160. WSR 17-14-067, § 182-544-0150, filed 6/29/17, effective 7/30/17. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-544-0150, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.510, 74.09.520. WSR 08-14-052, § 388-544-0150, filed 6/24/08, effective 7/25/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.510, 74.09.520 and 42 C.F.R. 440.120 and 440.225. WSR 05-13-038, § 388-544-0150, filed 6/6/05, effective 7/7/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.510 and 74.09.520. WSR 01-01-010, § 388-544-0150, filed 12/6/00, effective 1/6/01.]