Section 182-551-1305 - Requirements for becoming a medicaid-approved hospice care center (HCC)(1) To apply to become a medicaid-approved hospice care center, the medicaid agency requires a hospice agency to: (a) Be enrolled with the medicaid agency as an approved hospice agency (see WAC 182-551-1300);(b) Submit a letter of request to: Hospice Program Manager
P.O. Box 45506
Olympia, WA 98504-5506; and
(c) Include documentation that confirms the approved hospice agency is medicare certified by department of health (DOH) as a hospice care center and provides one or more of the following levels of hospice care (levels of care are described in WAC 182-551-1500) : (ii) Inpatient respite care; and(iii) General inpatient care. (2) A medicaid-approved hospice care center must at all times meet the requirements in chapter 182-551 WAC, subchapter I, Hospice services, and the requirements under the Title XVIII medicare program.(3) A hospice agency qualifies as a medicaid-approved hospice care center when: (a) All the requirements in this section are met; and(b) The medicaid agency provides the hospice agency with written notification.Wash. Admin. Code § 182-551-1305
Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021, Section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 ( P.L. 111-148), and Section 1814(a)(7) of the Social Security Act. 12-09-079, §182-551-1305, filed 4/17/12, effective 5/18/12. 11-14-075, recodified as §182-551-1305, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 05-18-033, § 388-551-1305, filed 8/30/05, effective 10/1/05.