DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFAREHome Health Agency Services [33 Pa.B. 692] The purpose of this notice is to correct typographical errors in the notice that appeared at 32 Pa.B. 6218 (December 14, 2002).
Procedure code W9065 was incorrectly listed as W0965 and should be replaced with the following:
Procedure Description Current Increased Fee Code Fee Effective 1/1/03 W9065 Speech therapy (29th day and beyond) by a Speech Therapist $67.00 $77.00 In addition, procedure codes W0526 and W0527 have been deleted from the Medical Assistance Program Fee Schedule due to zero occurrences as announced at 32 Pa.B. 5809 (November 23, 2002) and, therefore, should not have been included in the notice at 32 Pa.B. 6218. The following procedure codes should be deleted:
Procedure Description Code W0526 Audiological Therapy (days 1-28) by an Audiologist W0527 Audiological Therapy (29th day and beyond) by an Audiologist The Department of Public Welfare will issue a Medical Assistance bulletin to home health agency service providers to advise them of these changes.
Fiscal Note
The fiscal note was prepared under the authority of section 612 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 232).
Contact Person
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to this notice within 30 days of this publication to the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, c/o Deputy Secretary's Office, Attention: Regulations Coordinator, Room 515, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service, (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
FEATHER O. HOUSTOUN,
SecretaryFiscal Note: 14-NOT-349. (1) General Fund;
Outpatient Capitation (2) Implementing Year 2002-03 is $2,000 $12,000 (3) 1st Succeeding Year 2003-04 is $3,000 $28,000 2nd Succeeding Year 2004-05 is $3,000 $30,000 3rd Succeeding Year 2005-06 is $3,000 $33,000 4th Succeeding Year 2006-07 is $3,000 $36,000 5th Succeeding Year 2007-08 is $3,000 $40,000 (4) 2001-02 Program-- $649,055,000 $2,037,376,000 2000-01 Program-- $668,586,000 $1,487,944,000 1999-00 Program-- $622,669,000 $1,384,763,000 (7) MA--Outpatient and MA--Capitation; (8) recommends adoption. The additional costs relate only to the corrections printed in this notice and have been included in the current budget.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-176. Filed for public inspection January 31, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
