WSR 16-20-078
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
[Filed October 4, 2016, 10:39 a.m., effective November 15, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: November 15, 2016.
Purpose: This rule change will allow for the elimination of the existing differential payment for advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNP). The anticipated effect is a maintenance or increase in the number of ARNPs who could treat injured workers. The department of labor and industries has a perpetual interest in maintaining or increasing access of care for injured workers so they can get quality and timely treatment from licensed and qualified providers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 296-23-245.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-15-076 on July 19, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 4, 2016.
Joel Sacks
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 01-18-041, filed 8/29/01, effective 10/1/01)
WAC 296-23-245 Licensed nursing billing instructions.
(1) Registered nurses may be required to obtain provider account numbers from the department as outlined by department policy.
(2) Advanced registered nurse practitioners must obtain provider account numbers from the department.
(3) Refer to WAC 296-20-132 and 296-20-135 for information regarding the conversion factors.
(4) Refer to the department's billing instructions for additional information.
(5) Services performed by advanced registered nurse practitioners must be billed using the appropriate procedure code number listed in the fee schedules preceded by a Type of Service Code "N." ((The rate of reimbursement for the services billed by advanced registered nurse practitioners will be ninety percent of the value listed in the fee schedules.))
(6) Refer to WAC 296-20-303 for rules regarding home attendant services.
