WASHINGTON STATE MEDICAID WILL BEGIN NEW PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FEB. 1
Executive Summary
WASHINGTON STATE MEDICAID WILL BEGIN NEW PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FEB. 1 for drugs from companies that have not agreed to provide supplemental rebates. Washington Medicaid will not reimburse product lines of those companies after January unless authorization is obtained by providers before claims are submitted for payment. Acting on instruction from the state legislature, the Medicaid agency designed its supplemental rebate program to produce savings of 5% off of Medical Assistance Administration's estimated drug ingredient costs for 1993-95. The two-year funding for MAA was cut by $10.6 mil.
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