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Medicaid/CHIP Provider Relief The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the deadline for applying for financial relief through the Medicaid and CHIP Provider Relief Fund ... Read More
Medicaid Rate Adjustment 2019-2020
Please see the attached document from the Health Care Authority which documents the Medicaid rate increase for pediatric primary care E&M and vaccine administration codes for July 1, 2019 - June ... Read More
Advocacy Update: Medicaid Rate
Access to quality, timely health care is essential for children to grow up healthy and reach their full potential but due in part to the low rates paid by Medicaid, there are communities in our state ... Read More
Tackling the Access Crisis in Vancouver
Sarah Rafton WCAAP Executive Director During the 2018 legislative session, I met with community health workers from Vancouver and Kachina Inman, vice president of equity, partnerships and policy ... Read More
Medicaid Rate Increase
Carl Yanagida CFO, Washington State Health Care Authority The dust is settling on the 2018 legislative session, and state agencies are adopting work plans to implement new statutes and budget ... Read More
May Advocacy Update: State and Federal News
Lelach Rave, MD, FAAP and Wes Henricksen MD, MPH, FAAP Co-Chairs, WCAAP Legislative Committee State: Budget Focus during Special Session The Washington State legislature is now in a special ... Read More
Kids: the collateral damage of the GOP’s health-care bill
The Seattle Times' Danny Westneat writes: "Almost every kid in our state has medical coverage, a health-care mountaintop that took decades to reach. The Republican health-care bill would bring that ... Read More
WCAAP on KIRO 7: Pediatricians warn of looming crisis in caring for poor children
The Medicaid rate is creating barriers to accessing care for kids all over Washington state. "The state pays $156 for a poor adult on Medicare, but less than half that amount when a poor child needs ... Read More
Opinion: Raise Medicaid Reimbursement Rates
Charlie's mom waited in his pediatrician’s office for hours, hoping for a walk-in appointment. Charlie, a 2-year-old, had a stomachache and his mom was worried. The office had no available ... Read More