WAC 296-23B-0130
What payment can an ambulatory surgery
center expect for providing services? The department pays the
lesser of the billed charge (the ASC's usual and customary fee)
or the fee schedule's maximum allowed rate. The fee schedule for
ambulatory surgery centers is in the Medical Aid Rules and Fee
Schedules.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.36.080, 51.04.030, 51.36.010,
51.04.020. 01-21-140, § 296-23B-0130, filed 10/24/01, effective
1/1/02.]