INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Addition to covered services for physical therapists.
Effective Date: November 26, 2001.
Document Description: Retroactive to dates of service on and after January 1, 2001, the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) began reimbursing physical therapists for providing active wound care management to MAA-eligible clients. Attached to this memo are replacement pages 7/8, 11/12, and 15/16 for MAA's Physical Therapy Program Billing Instructions, dated May 2000.
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
Rules and Publications Section