Coordinated Care of Washington (CCW) will provide all physical health care (medical)
benefits, lower-intensity outpatient mental health benefits, and care coordination for all
Washington State foster care enrollees. These clients include:
- Children and youth under the age of 21 who are in foster care
- Children and youth under the age of 21 who are receiving adoption support
- Young adults age 18 to 26 years old who age out of foster care on or after their 18th birthday
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children will not be auto-enrolled, but may opt into
CCW. All other eligible clients will be auto-enrolled.
AHCC complex mental health and substance use disorder
services
AHCC clients who live in Skamania or Clark County receive complex behavioral health benefits
through the Behavioral Health Services Only (BHSO) program in the SW WA region. These
clients will choose between CHPW or MHW for behavioral health services, or they will be autoenrolled
into one of the two plans. CHPW and MHW will use the BHO Access to Care Standards to support determining appropriate level of care, and whether the services should be provided by
the BHSO program or CCW.
AHCC clients who live outside Skamania or Clark County will receive complex mental health
and substance use disorder services from the BHO and managed by DSHS.
Bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) – A type
of hearing aid based on bone conduction. It is
primarily suited to people who have
conductive hearing losses, unilateral hearing
loss, and people with mixed hearing losses
who cannot otherwise wear ‘in the ear’ or
‘behind the ear’ hearing aids.
Cochlear implants - A cochlear implant is a
small, complex electronic device that can help
to provide a sense of sound to a person who is
profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing.
The implant consists of an external portion
that sits behind the ear and a second portion
that is surgically placed under the skin.
Developmental Disabilities Administration
(DDA) – A division administration within the
Department of Social and Health Services.
DDA provides services to children and adults
with developmental disabilities.
Digital hearing aids – Hearing aids that use a
digital circuit to analyze and process sound.
(WAC 182-547-0200)
Hearing aids - Wearable sound-amplifying
devices that are intended to compensate for
hearing loss. Hearing aids are described by
where they are worn in the ear as in-the-ear
(ITE), behind-the-ear (BTE), etc. Hearing
aids can also be described by how they
process the amplified signal. This would
include analog conventional, analog
programmable, digital conventional, and
digital programmable. (WAC 182-547-0200)
Hearing health care professional – An
audiologist or hearing aid fitter/dispenser licensed
RCW, or an
otorhinolaryngologist or otologist licensed
Maximum allowable fee - The maximum
dollar amount that the agency will pay a
provider for specific services, supplies, and
equipment.
Prior authorization – A form of
authorization used by the provider to obtain
approval for a specific hearing aid and
service(s). The approval is based on medical
necessity and must be received before
service(s) are provided to clients as a
precondition for payment.
(WAC 182-547-0200)
Programmable hearing aids – Hearing
aids that can be “programmed” digitally by a
computer. All digital hearing aids are
programmable, but not all programmable
hearing aids are digital.
Social Services Authorization – A form of
authorization used by the Department of
Social and Health Services to preauthorize
services. The approval is based on medical
necessity and client eligibility for the
program or service. A Social Services
Authorization can be viewed in
ProviderOne.
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