WSR 11-04-035

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

[ Filed January 24, 2011, 12:25 p.m. ]


Notice of Interpretive or Policy Statement


     In accordance with RCW 34.05.230(12), following is a list of policy and interpretive statements issued by the department of social and health services (DSHS).


Medicaid Purchasing Administration (MPA)

Division of Legal Services



     Document Title: # Memo 10-91.

     Subject: Vision care: Billing for vision aids for clients twenty-one years of age and older.

     Effective Date: January 1, 2011.

     Document Description: Effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2011, DSHS has excluded vision hardware. This includes eyeglasses (frames and lenses), contact lenses, and low vision aids (e.g., magnifiers and telescopic eyeglass lenses), and repairs from all the benefit packages for clients twenty-one years of age and older.

     To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Amber Dassow, MPA, P.O. Box 5504, phone (360) 725-1349, TDD/TTY 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail dassoal@dshs.wa.gov, web site http://hrsa.dshs.wa.gov.

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