Date of Adoption: July 17, 2000.

Purpose: The department is amending this WAC to clarify department policies and update program requirements. It also complies with the Governor's Executive Order 97-02, which mandates that all rules be reviewed for clarity, necessity, fairness, etc.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-502-0210 Statistical data -- Vendor reports.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.035.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-10-064 on April 28, 2000.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended [1], Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

July 17, 2000

Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

(1) ((When requested by the department, all vendors under the program shall submit full reports of goods furnished and services rendered to the department in the manner specified.      The department shall provide the vendor with standardized forms to report these data)) At the request of the medical assistance administration (MAA), all providers enrolled with MAA programs must submit full reports, as specified by MAA, of goods and services furnished to eligible medical assistance clients. MAA furnishes the provider with a standardized format to report these data.

     (2) ((The department shall tabulate and analyze)) MAA analyzes the data collected from the providers' reports to secure statistics on costs of goods and ((the)) services ((rendered in the various phases of the program.      The department shall make available such tabulations and analyses to the department's advisory committee, state welfare medical care committee, official organizations of vendor groups participating in the program, and other appropriate persons or groups)) furnished and makes a report of the analysis available to MAA's advisory committee, the state welfare medical care committee, representative organizations of provider groups enrolled with MAA, and any other interested organizations or individuals.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090.      94-10-065 (Order 3732), § 388-502-0210, filed 5/3/94, effective 6/3/94.      Formerly WAC 388-81-020.]

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