The Health Care Authority (HCA) is adding Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) services to applicable program rules across the agency. These revisions will align with guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and with recent corresponding amendments to Chapter 182-534 WAC under WSR 25-13-048.

The agency is revising this rule to remove age specific language in subsection (3)(c) and remove subsection (3)(d) to make it less prescriptive and align with HCA’s Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC) decision findings. Additionally, the agency is updating the developmental disabilities administration name to align with the name change initiated by the department of social and health services.

The agency is streamlining its processes for enrollment in and retention of eligibility for Medicare Savings Programs.