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The Exchange has a close working relationship with the Washington State Health Care Authority, Office of the Insurance Commissioner, and the Department of Social and Health Services. In 2012, legislation was passed [ 2 ] that established market rules, requirements for qualified health plans (QHPs), essential health benefits, and other key ...
Health Care Authority, Washington State (HCA) Health Care Facilities Authority (WHCFA) ... Public Employees Benefits Board Program (PEBB) Public Employment Relations ...
Premera Blue Cross is a not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield licensed health insurance company based in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States.It sells health insurance plans under the Blue Cross license in Washington state except Clark County and under both of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licenses in Alaska.
Basic Food benefits are paid out by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) on a staggered schedule over the first 20 days of the month depending on the date you ...
Washington Apple Health is the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs offered in Washington state. The program was initiated on January 1, 2014. [ 1 ] It was preceded in 2008 by a children's health plan run by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) called "Apple Health for Kids". [ 2 ]
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
The essential health benefits are a minimum federal standard and "states may require that qualified health plans sold in state health insurance exchanges also cover state-mandated benefits." [ 1 ] : 3 The act gives "considerable discretion" to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine, through regulation, what specific services ...
Medicaid estate recovery is a required process under United States federal law in which state governments adjust (settle) or recover the cost of care and services from the estates of those who received Medicaid benefits after they die. By law, states may not settle any payments until after the beneficiary's death.