Section 284-170-300. Essential community providers for exchange plans—Definition.

"Essential community provider" means providers listed on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Non-Exhaustive List of Essential Community Providers. This list includes providers and facilities that have demonstrated service to medicaid, low-income, and medically underserved populations in addition to those that meet the federal minimum standard, which includes:

(1) Hospitals and providers who participate in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program;

(2) Disproportionate share hospitals, as designated annually;

(3) Those eligible for Section 1927 Nominal Drug Pricing;

(4) Those whose patient mix is at least thirty percent medicaid or medicaid expansion patients who have approved applications for the Electronic Medical Record Incentive Program;

(5) State licensed community clinics or health centers or community clinics exempt from licensure;

(6) Indian health care providers as defined in WAC 284-170-130(16);

(7) Long-term care facilities in which the average residency rate is fifty percent or more eligible for medicaid during the preceding calendar year;

(8) School-based health centers as referenced for funding in Sec. 4101 of Title IV of ACA;

(9) Providers identified as essential community providers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through subregulatory guidance or bulletins;

(10) Facilities or providers who waive charges or charge for services on a sliding scale based on income and that do not restrict access or services because of a client's financial limitations;

(11) Title X Family Planning Clinics and Title X look-alike Family Planning Clinics;

(12) Rural based or free health centers as identified on the Rural Health Clinic and the Washington Free Clinic Association web sites; and

(13) Federal qualified health centers (FQHC) or FQHC look-alikes.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060. WSR 16-14-106 (Matter No. R 2016-11), § 284-170-300, filed 7/6/16, effective 8/6/16; WSR 16-07-144 (Matter No. R 2016-01), recodified as § 284-170-300, filed 3/23/16, effective 4/23/16. WSR 16-01-081, recodified as § 284-43-9977, filed 12/14/15, effective 12/14/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060, 48.44.050, 48.46.200, 48.20.450, 48.43.515, 48.44.020, 48.44.080, 48.46.030, 45 C.F.R. 156.230, 156.235, and 156.245. WSR 14-22-007, § 284-43-221, filed 10/23/14, effective 11/23/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060, 48.18.120, 48.20.460, 48.43.505, 48.43.510, 48.43.515, 48.43.530, 48.43.535, 48.44.050, 48.46.200, 48.20.450, 48.44.020, 48.44.080, 48.46.030, 45 C.F.R. §§ 156.230, 156.235, and 156.245. WSR 14-10-017 (Matter No. R 2013-22), § 284-43-221, filed 4/25/14, effective 5/26/14.]

RCW 48.02.060. WSR 16-14-106 (Matter No. R 2016-11), § 284-170-300, filed 7/6/16, effective 8/6/16; WSR 16-07-144 (Matter No. R 2016-01), recodified as § 284-170-300, filed 3/23/16, effective 4/23/16. WSR 16-01-081, recodified as § 284-43-9977, filed 12/14/15, effective 12/14/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060, 48.44.050, 48.46.200, 48.20.450, 48.43.515, 48.44.020, 48.44.080, 48.46.030, 45 C.F.R. 156.230, 156.235, and 156.245. WSR 14-22-007, § 284-43-221, filed 10/23/14, effective 11/23/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060, 48.18.120, 48.20.460, 48.43.505, 48.43.510, 48.43.515, 48.43.530, 48.43.535, 48.44.050, 48.46.200, 48.20.450, 48.44.020, 48.44.080, 48.46.030, 45 C.F.R. §§ 156.230, 156.235, and 156.245. WSR 14-10-017 (Matter No. R 2013-22), § 284-43-221, filed 4/25/14, effective 5/26/14.

Rules

284-170-130,