INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Vendor rate increase for private duty nursing services (PDNS).
Effective Date: July 1, 2001.
Document Description: Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2001, the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) will implement an appropriate two and one-tenth percent (2.1%) general vendor rate increase for PDNS under the MAA fee-for-service programs as authorized in the 2001-2003 Biennium Appropriations Act. This applies to private duty nurses who provide services in the home, group homes, or transitional (nonpermanent) care settings.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Kevin Sullivan, Regulatory Improvement Coordinator, Department of Social and Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration, Division of Program Support, P.O. Box 45533, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-1344 or go to website http://maa.dshs.wa.gov (click on Numbered Memorandum link), TDD 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail mailto:sullikm@dshs.wa.gov.
July 16, 2001
E. A. Myers, Acting Manager
Regulatory Improvement Project