PDFWAC 182-535A-0050
Orthodontic treatment and orthodontic-related services—Authorization and prior authorization.
When the medicaid agency authorizes a limited orthodontic treatment, full orthodontic treatment, or orthodontic-related services for a client, including a client eligible for services under the EPSDT program, that authorization indicates only that the specific service is medically necessary; authorization is not a guarantee of payment. The client must be eligible for the covered service at the time the service is provided.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160. WSR 21-18-006, § 182-535A-0050, filed 8/18/21, effective 1/1/22; WSR 20-03-042, § 182-535A-0050, filed 1/8/20, effective 2/8/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021 and 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 213. WSR 14-08-032, § 182-535A-0050, filed 3/25/14, effective 4/30/14. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-535A-0050, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.08.090. WSR 08-17-009, § 388-535A-0050, filed 8/7/08, effective 9/7/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520 and 74.09.035, 74.09.500. WSR 05-01-064, § 388-535A-0050, filed 12/8/04, effective 1/8/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.035, 74.09.520, 74.09.500, 42 U.S.C. 1396d(a), C.F.R. 440.100 and 225. WSR 02-01-050, § 388-535A-0050, filed 12/11/01, effective 1/11/02.]