WAC 182-551-1300. Requirements for a medicaid-approved hospice agency

(1) To become medicaid-approved, a hospice agency must be 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 conducts hospice agency site visits.