PDFWAC 182-551-1300
Requirements for a medicaid-approved hospice agency.
(1) To become a medicaid-approved hospice agency, the medicaid agency requires a hospice agency to provide documentation that it is medicare, Title XVIII-certified by the department of health (DOH) as a hospice agency.
(2) A medicaid-approved hospice agency 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) To ensure quality of care for Washington apple health clients, the medicaid agency's clinical staff may conduct hospice agency site visits.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160. WSR 16-03-035, § 182-551-1300, filed 1/12/16, effective 2/12/16. 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. WSR 12-09-079, § 182-551-1300, filed 4/17/12, effective 5/18/12. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-551-1300, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.09.520. WSR 05-18-033, § 388-551-1300, filed 8/30/05, effective 10/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.520, 74.08.090, 42 C.F.R. 418.22 and 418.24. WSR 99-09-007, § 388-551-1300, filed 4/9/99, effective 5/10/99.]