WAC 388-550-5125   Payment method -- Psychiatric indigent inpatient disproportionate share hospital (PIIDSH).  (1) Effective for dates of admission on and after July 1, 2003, a hospital is eligible for the psychiatric indigent inpatient disproportionate share hospital (PIIDSH) payment if the hospital:

     (a) Meets the criteria in WAC 388-550-4900(5);

     (b) Is not designated an institution for mental diseases (IMD);

     (c) Provides services to clients eligible under the psychiatric indigent inpatient (PII) program. See WAC 388-865-0217 for more information regarding the PII program; and

     (d) Is located within the state of Washington. A hospital located out-of-state, including a hospital located in a designated bordering city, is not eligible to receive PIIDSH payments.

     (2) PIIDSH is available only for emergency, voluntary inpatient psychiatric care. PIIDSH is not available for charges for nonhospital services associated with the inpatient psychiatric care.

     (3) The department makes PIIDSH payments to an eligible hospital on a claim-specific basis.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.500. 07-14-090, § 388-550-5125, filed 6/29/07, effective 8/1/07; 06-08-046, § 388-550-5125, filed 3/30/06, effective 4/30/06.]