INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Prescribers identifier -- Prescription drug program (all prescribers memo).
Effective Date: Not mandatory - April 15, 2002 (date of letter).
Document Description: The Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) is requesting prescribing providers who have a 9-digit Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) prescriber number to put their DEA number on all prescriptions for medical assistance clients, effective immediately, instead of their 7-digit DSHS provider number.
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.
April 8, 2002
E. A. Myers, Manager
Rules and Publications Section