Section 296-19A-350 - What are the requirements for case notes? Vocational rehabilitation providers must maintain case notes. Case notes must:
(1) Include the first and last name of the industrially injured or ill worker being served and the worker's claim number at the top of each page;(2) Include the first and last name of the vocational rehabilitation provider providing each service documented on each page;(3) Be kept in a claimant file corresponding to the reports, medical information, correspondence, and other materials that they provide documentation for;(4) Testing and other records with special confidentiality requirements may be kept in separate files;(6) Be in chronological order;(7) Record the date each service was provided month month/day day/year year;(8) For providers who bill for vocational services, include the amount of time, recorded in tenths of an hour, required to provide each service;(9) Describe each service sufficiently to allow the department or self-insured employer to verify the purpose, level, type, and outcome of each service provided and substantiate the charges billed for them.Wash. Admin. Code § 296-19A-350
Amended by WSR 17-19-089, Filed 9/19/2017, effective 10/20/2017Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.04.030, 51.32.095, 51.36.100, 51.36.110. 03-11-009, § 296-19A-350, filed 5/12/03, effective 2/1/04; 00-18-078, § 296-19A-350, filed 9/1/00, effective 6/1/01.