14-22-021

WSR 14-22-021

HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

[Filed October 27, 2014, 7:54 a.m.]

NOTICE

Title or Subject: Medicaid State Plan Amendments (SPAs) regarding fee schedule effective dates.

Effective Date: January 1, 2015.

Description: The agency anticipates that one or more medicaid SPAs may need to be submitted to update certain fee schedules with an effective date of January 1, 2015. These are regular updates to keep rates and billing codes in alignment with the requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The fee schedules that may be updated include:

.	Ambulatory Surgery Centers
.	Birthing Centers
.	Dental Services
.	EPSDT Services
.	Home Health Services
.	Kidney Center Services
.	Mental Health
.	OPPS (Outpatient Prospective Payment System)
.	Optometry Services
.	Oxygen Services
.	Physican-Related/Professional Services
.	School-Based Services
.	Telemedicine
.	Tobacco Cessation Services

Updating the effective date of these fee schedules is not anticipated to have an effect on annual aggregate expenditures.

For additional information, contact Jean Bui, Section Manager, Rates Development, 626 8th Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, phone [phone], TDD/TTY 1-800-848-5429, fax [phone], e-mail [e-mail], web site http://www.hca.wa.gov/medicaid/rbrvs/Pages/index.aspx.