Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 18.51 - Nursing Homes.
18.51.185 - Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.

RCW 18.51.185
Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.

The department of social and health services shall assist the nursing home industry in researching the costs of outpatient services allowed under RCW 18.51.180. Such cost studies shall be utilized by the department in the determination of reasonable vendor rates for nursing homes offering such services to insure an adequate return to the nursing homes and a cost savings to the state as compared to the cost of institutionalization.

[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 71 § 2.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 18 - Businesses and Professions

Chapter 18.51 - Nursing Homes.

18.51.005 - Purpose.

18.51.007 - Legislative intent.

18.51.009 - Resident rights.

18.51.010 - Definitions.

18.51.030 - License required.

18.51.040 - Application for license.

18.51.050 - License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display.

18.51.054 - Denial of license.

18.51.060 - Penalties—Grounds.

18.51.062 - Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.

18.51.065 - Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175).

18.51.067 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.

18.51.070 - Rules.

18.51.091 - Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of violations—Approval of alterations or new facilities.

18.51.095 - Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.

18.51.140 - Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.

18.51.145 - Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.

18.51.150 - Operating without license—Penalty.

18.51.160 - Operating without license—Injunction.

18.51.170 - Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.

18.51.180 - Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined.

18.51.185 - Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.

18.51.190 - Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality.

18.51.200 - Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation.

18.51.210 - Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense.

18.51.220 - Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption.

18.51.230 - Periodic general inspection—Emergency rules.

18.51.240 - Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval.

18.51.250 - Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority.

18.51.260 - Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060.

18.51.270 - Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents.

18.51.280 - Chapter cumulative.

18.51.290 - Writings as public records.

18.51.300 - Retention and preservation of records of patients.

18.51.310 - Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations.

18.51.320 - Contact with animals—Rules.

18.51.350 - Conflict with federal requirements.

18.51.400 - Receivership—Legislative findings.

18.51.410 - Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds.

18.51.420 - Receivership—Defenses to petition.

18.51.430 - Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver.

18.51.440 - Receivership—Judicial hearing.

18.51.450 - Receivership—Appointment of receiver.

18.51.460 - Receivership—Termination—Conditions.

18.51.470 - Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.

18.51.480 - Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.

18.51.490 - Receivership—Powers of receiver.

18.51.500 - Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.

18.51.510 - Receivership—State medical assistance.

18.51.520 - Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.

18.51.530 - Notice of change of ownership or management.

18.51.540 - Cost disclosure to attending physicians.

18.51.550 - Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.

18.51.560 - Employment of physicians.

18.51.570 - Employment—Certificates of parental improvement.

18.51.575 - Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.

18.51.580 - Disaster preparedness plan.

18.51.920 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.