WSR 02-01-049

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

[ Filed December 11, 2001, 3:40 p.m. ]


DESCRIPTION OF INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT


     Document Title: Numbered Memorandum 01-67 MAA.

     Subject: New rates for hospice services.

     Effective Date: November 26, 2001.

     Document Description: The Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) has updated the fee schedule section in MAA's Hospice Billing Instructions. The new maximum allowables are retroactive for claims with dates of service on and after October 1, 2001. Attached to this memo are replacement pages 25-28 for MAA's Hospice Billing Instructions, dated May 1999.

     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 98504-5533, 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.

December 6, 2001

E. A. Myers, Manager

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