The self-insurer will pay for hospital outpatient services according to the following table:

Hospital Type or Service Location	Do percent of allowed charges (POAC) payment methods apply?	Do the department's Medical Aid Rules and Fee Schedules apply to hospital outpatient radiology, laboratory, pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy services?
Children's hospitals	Yes, paid 100% of allowed charges	Yes
Chronic Pain Management Program	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Health Maintenance Organizations	Yes, paid 100% of allowed charges	Yes
Military	Yes, paid 100% of allowed charges	No, paid 100% of allowed charges
Veterans Administration	Yes, paid 100% of allowed charges	No, paid 100% of allowed charges
State psychiatric facility	Yes, paid 100% of allowed charges	Yes
Other psychiatric hospitals	Yes, applies to hospital outpatient services except radiology, laboratory, pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy	Yes
Rehabilitation hospitals	Yes, applies to hospital outpatient services except radiology, laboratory, pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy	Yes
Cancer hospitals	Yes, applies to hospital outpatient services except radiology, laboratory, pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy	Yes
All other Washington hospitals	Yes, applies to hospital outpatient services except radiology, laboratory, pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy	Yes

Hospitals are reimbursed only for the technical component of rates listed in the fee schedules, for outpatient radiology, pathology and laboratory services.

See chapter 296-23 WAC for rules on radiology, pathology, laboratory, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and work hardening services.

See WAC 296-23A-700 for rules on the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services.

See WAC 296-20-132 and 296-20-135 for information on the conversion factor used for certain hospital outpatient services.

PDFWAC 296-23A-0221

How does the self-insurer pay for hospital outpatient services?