WSR 11-04-028 INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
[ Filed January 24, 2011, 12:21 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.
Medicaid Purchasing Administration (MPA) Division of Legal Services
Document Title: # Memo 10-84.Subject: Outpatient hospital services.
Effective Date: January 1, 2011.
Document Description:
? Incorporate the year 2011 current procedural terminology (CPT¦) and healthcare common procedural coding system updates into the outpatient hospital and outpatient prospective payment system fee schedules; ? Implement coverage and authorization policy changes; ? Update the department approved centers of excellence with additional information regarding hysterscopic [hysteroscopic] sterilization; ? Implement the revised outpatient prospective payment system budget target adjuster.
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.