WAC 296-19A-390
What are the procedures for repayment of
excess payment of charges? (1) When a vocational rehabilitation
provider receives a payment to which that provider is not
entitled, the provider must repay the excess amount, plus accrued
interest, without regard to whether the excess payment occurred
due to provider or department error or oversight.
(2) Interest accrues on excess payments at the rate of one
percent per month or portion of a month beginning on the
thirty-first day after payment was made. Where partial repayment
on an excess payment is made, interest accrues on the remaining
balance.
(3) The department reserves the option of either requesting
the provider to remit the amount of excess payment and accrued
interest to the department or offsetting excess payments and
accrued interest against future payments due the provider.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.04.030, 51.32.095,
51.36.100, 51.36.110. 00-18-078, § 296-19A-390, filed 9/1/00,
effective 6/1/01.]