WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS AS WE FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CUTS THAT WILL EFFECT OUR COMMUNITY MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD OR YOU WILL LOSE MEDICAL SERVICES

The following is a list of HCA’s recent rule-making activity.  Just click on the link below the WAC description to access the notice.            

EMERGENCY RULE MAKING ORDER (CR-103) 

WAC 388-501-0050, -0060, -0065, -0070 and 388-502-0160, Optional Medical Services, (WSR #12-02-009)

Purpose:   Upon order of the Governor, the Health Care Authority (HCA) reduced its budget expenditures for fiscal year 2011and 2012 by eliminating a number of optional medical services from program benefits packages for clients twenty-one years of age and older. These medical services include vision, hearing, and dental care. Sections in Chapter 182-501 WAC and WAC 182-502-0160 are being amended to reflect and support these program cuts.
http://www.hca.wa.gov/documents/laws/medicaid/103E-12-02-009.pdf

Chapter 182-535 WAC, Dental Related Services, (WSR 12-02-008)

Purpose:  Upon order of the Governor, the Health Care Authority (HCA) reduced its budget expenditures for fiscal year 2011 by 6.3%. To achieve the expenditure reduction required under EO 10-04, HCA eliminated dental-related services from program benefit packages for clients twenty-one years of age and older and clients receiving medical care services under the Disability Lifeline (DL) and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Support Act (ADATSA) programs. Clients classified as developmentally disabled under RCW 71A.10.020 who are twenty-one years of age and older will continue to receive dental related services under Chapter 182-535 WAC.

http://www.hca.wa.gov/documents/laws/medicaid/103E-12-02-008.pdf

WAC 388-517-0320, Payment Methodology for QMB Clients, (WSR #12-02-033)

Purpose:  Upon order of the Governor, the Health Care Authority (HCA) was required to reduce its budget expenditures for fiscal year 2011 by 6.3%. This cost-saving measure was implemented as part of this mandated reduction and to bring HCA’s payment methodology for Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) clients into alignment with the payment formula established in WAC 182-502-0110 for Medicare/Medicaid dual-eligible QMB clients.

http://www.hca.wa.gov/documents/laws/medicaid/103E-12-02-033.pdf