PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Rules on long term acute care (LTAC) services are being added to chapter 388-550 WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.08.090.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To identify the Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) clients who are eligible for LTAC services; to state how a hospital qualifies to become an LTAC facility; to describe LTAC services; and to describe MAA's reimbursement methodology to the LTAC provider.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). A state plan amendment has been submitted for this program.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites the interested public to review and provide input on the draft language of this proposed WAC amendment. Draft material and information about how to participate are available by contacting the DSHS representative identified below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Kathy Sayre, Regulatory Improvement Program Manager, Medical Assistance Administration, Mailstop 45533, Olympia, WA 98504-5586, phone (360) 725-1342, e-mail sayrek@dshs.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-9727, TDD 1-800-848-5429.
May 17, 2001
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit