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Friday, March 24, 2017

Apple Health Core Connections (AHCC)

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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