L&I Announces Possible Amendments to Outpatient Hospital Payment Rules

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced possible rulemaking it said would eliminate a conflict between two regulations and clarify its outpatient hospital payment policy. L&I said in a Tuesday notice of potential rulemaking activity that there is a conflict between WAC 296-23A-0700 and WAC 296-23A-0740. “The two rules L&I is considering amending are in conflict with each other because the underlying federal regulations by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services changed on Jan. 1, 2017, creating the conflict between the two listed rules,&rdq...