WAC 182-551-1305. Requirements for becoming a medicaid-approved hospice care center (HCC)

(1) To become a medicaid-approved hospice care center, the hospice agency must be medicare-certified by the 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 ): (a) Routine home care; (b) Inpatient respite care; and (c) 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.