11-08-036  

  • WSR 11-08-036

    INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

    DEPARTMENT OF

    SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

    [ Filed April 4, 2011, 10:41 a.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 (DSHS).


    Medicaid Purchasing Administration (MPA)

    Division of Legal Services



         Document Title: Memo 11-12.

         Subject: Occupational, physical, and speech therapy: New benefits limits.

         Effective Date: April 1, 2011.

         Document Description: DSHS will implement new benefit limits for outpatient rehabilitation (occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy) for clients twenty-one years of age and older. This memorandum explains the new limits, procedure code changes, and new modifier requirements for billing.

         To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Amber Dassow, MPA, P.O. Box 45504, 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.