1. (1) To become a medicaid-approved hospice care center, the hospice agency must be medicare-certified by the department of health (DOH) as a hospice care center and provides one or more of the following levels of hospice care (levels of care are described in WAC 182-551-1500):

   1. (a) Routine home care;
   2. (b) Inpatient respite care; and
   3. (c) General inpatient care.
2. (2) A medicaid-approved hospice care center must at all times meet the requirements in chapter 182-551 WAC, subchapter I, Hospice services, and the requirements under the Title XVIII medicare program.

3. (3) A hospice agency qualifies as a medicaid-approved hospice care center when:

   1. (a) All the requirements in this section are met; and
   2. (b) The medicaid agency provides the hospice agency with written notification.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160. WSR 25-16-015, s 182-551-1305, filed 7/25/25, effective 9/1/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021, Section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148), and Section 1814 (a)(7) of the Social Security Act. WSR 12-09-079, § 182-551-1305, filed 4/17/12, effective 5/18/12. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-551-1305, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 05-18-033, § 388-551-1305, filed 8/30/05, effective 10/1/05.]