Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-454&full=true
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PDF246-454-001
This chapter is adopted by the Washington state department of health to implement the provisions of RCW 70.170.100 and 43.70.050 regarding the establishment of a uniform system of accounting, financial reporting, budgeting and cost allocation for hospitals in Washington state. This system shall be utilized by each hospital to record and report to the department its revenues, expenses, other income, other outlays, assets and liabilities, and units of service and to submit information, as may be required by the department, pertaining to the total financial needs of the hospital and the resources available or expected to become available to meet such needs.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.070 [43.70] and 70.170 RCW. WSR 94-12-089, § 246-454-001, filed 6/1/94, effective 7/2/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-454-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW. WSR 84-20-066 (Order 84-05, Resolution No. 84-05), § 261-20-010, filed 10/1/84; WSR 83-06-036 (Order 83-02, Resolution No. 83-02), § 261-20-010, filed 2/28/83; WSR 81-06-016 (Order 81-01, Resolution No. R-81-01), § 261-20-010, filed 2/20/81.]
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(2) "Hospital" means any health care institution which is required to qualify for a license under chapter 70.41 RCW; or as a psychiatric hospital under chapter 71.12 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040 and 43.70.052. WSR 19-01-108, § 246-454-010, filed 12/18/18, effective 1/18/19. Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.070 [43.70] and 70.170 RCW. WSR 94-12-089, § 246-454-010, filed 6/1/94, effective 7/2/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-454-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW. WSR 84-20-066 (Order 84-05, Resolution No. 84-05), § 261-20-020, filed 10/1/84; WSR 83-06-036 (Order 83-02, Resolution No. 83-02), § 261-20-020, filed 2/28/83; WSR 81-06-016 (Order 81-01, Resolution No. R-81-01), § 261-20-020, filed 2/20/81.]
PDF246-454-020
Adoption and establishment of uniform system.
The department, pursuant to RCW 70.170.100, hereby adopts and establishes a uniform system of accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and cost allocation for hospitals in Washington state, which system is described in the department's publication entitled Washington State Department of Health Accounting and Reporting Manual for Hospitals, third edition, which publication is hereby incorporated by this reference. The hospital shall utilize the manual for submitting information as may be required by the department, pertaining to the total financial needs of the hospital and the resources available or expected to become available to meet such needs.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.070 [43.70] and 70.170 RCW. WSR 94-12-089, § 246-454-020, filed 6/1/94, effective 7/2/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-454-020, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW. WSR 84-20-066 (Order 84-05, Resolution No. 84-05), § 261-20-030, filed 10/1/84; WSR 83-06-036 (Order 83-02, Resolution No. 83-02), § 261-20-030, filed 2/28/83; WSR 81-06-016 and 81-06-017 (Order 81-01, Resolution No. R-81-01 and Order 81-02, Resolution No. R-81-02), § 261-20-030, filed 2/20/81.]
Reviser's note: Amendments to the Washington State Hospital Commission's Accounting and Reporting Manual, second edition, were filed by the Washington State Hospital Commission under Order and Resolution No. 84-01, filed June 8, 1984, (Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW). The code reviser, under the authority of RCW 34.05.210(4), has deemed it unduly cumbersome to publish. Copies of the Accounting and Reporting Manual, second edition, may be obtained by writing to the Washington State Hospital Commission, Mailstop FJ-21, Olympia, WA 98504.
Reviser's note: Amendments to the commission's Accounting and Reporting Manual, second edition, were filed on August 29, 1984, by Order and Resolution No. 84-03 (Statutory Authority: RCW 70.39.180(1)). The specific portions of the manual amended are as follows:
The addition of "Appendix E Respiratory Therapy Services Uniform Reporting Service Code Listing";
Page 2420.2 (cont. 13) 7180 respiratory services;
Appendices Table of Contents.
Reviser's note: Amendments to the Washington State Hospital Commission's Accounting and Reporting Manual, second edition, were filed with the code reviser under Order and Resolution No. 84-08, filed December 7, 1984, (Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW). The specific portions of the manual amended by this action are as follows:
(1) Addition of Appendix G, HFMA Principles and Practices Board Statement 2, defining charity service as contrasted to bad debt; and
(2) Revising the appendices table of contents to add Appendix G.
Reviser's note: Amendments to the Washington State Hospital Commission's Accounting and Reporting Manual, second edition, were filed with the code reviser under Order and Resolution No. 85-01, filed January 31, 1985, (Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW). The specific portions of the manual amended by this action are as follows:
Accounting and reporting manual chapter 10000, entitled, "Reporting Requirements" sections:
Section 10001 Year-end report
Section 10010 Instructions
Section 10101 Quarterly report
Section 10110 Instructions
Form HOS-939 (1/85), Quarterly report (WSHC Q1)
Reviser's note: Amendments to the Washington State Hospital Commission's Accounting and Reporting Manual, second edition, were filed with the code reviser on July 29, 1985, under Order and Resolution No. 85-04 (Statutory Authority: RCW 70.39.180(1)), affecting System of Accounts, chapters 2000, 8000, and 10000. The specific pages of the manual amended are as follows:
Page 2210.4
2410.4 (cont. 1)
2410.4 (cont. 2)
2410.4 (cont. 3)
8020 (cont. 60)
10110 (cont. 1)
10110 (cont. 2)
Reviser's note: Amendments to the Washington State Hospital Commission's Accounting And Reporting Manual, second edition, were filed with the code reviser on November 24, 1986, under Order and Resolution No. 86-05 (Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW). The topics amended are as follows:
- volumes by payer source
- deductions from revenue related to charity care
- expense and revenue accounts
- budgeting forms and instructions for magnetic
resonance imaging, air transportation,
and organ acquisition
- reporting forms, accounts, and instructions for
- bad debt collection procedures
- amendment request procedures, forms and
- radiology relative value units
- standards for collection procedures
- magnetic resonance imaging relative value units
- nuclear medicine relative value units.
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PDF246-454-070
Each hospital shall submit a quarterly summary utilization and financial report within forty-five days after the end of each calendar quarter. The quarterly report shall contain that information specified by the department and shall be submitted in the form and manner specified by the department.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.070 [43.70] and 70.170 RCW. WSR 94-12-089, § 246-454-070, filed 6/1/94, effective 7/2/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-454-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW. WSR 85-04-026 (Order 85-01, Resolution No. 85-01), § 261-20-057, filed 1/31/85.]
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Modifications of uniform system.
The department, after due consideration, in its discretion, may prepare and publish modifications of the manual, for such period and under such conditions as the department shall determine. Such modifications shall be prepared in the format of, and shall be adopted by the department as a rule pursuant to chapter 34.04 [34.05] RCW. A copy of such modifications shall be mailed to each hospital and manual holder of record.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.070 [43.70] and 70.170 RCW. WSR 94-12-089, § 246-454-090, filed 6/1/94, effective 7/2/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-454-090, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW. WSR 83-06-036 (Order 83-02, Resolution No. 83-02), § 261-20-070, filed 2/28/83; WSR 81-06-016 (Order 81-01, Resolution No. R-81-01), § 261-20-070, filed 2/20/81.]
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PDF246-454-120
RCW 70.170.070 provides that every person who shall violate or knowingly aid and abet the violation of chapter 70.170 RCW or any valid orders, rules, or regulations thereunder, or who fails to perform any act which that chapter makes it his/her duty to perform shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Following official notice to the accused by the department of the existence of an alleged violation, each day upon which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation. Any person violating the provisions of chapter 70.170 RCW may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Failure to file the reports required by WAC 246-454-030(1), 246-454-050(1), and 246-454-070 shall constitute a violation, and the department may levy a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars per day for each day following official notice of the violation by the department. The department may grant extensions of time to file the reports, in which cases failure to file the reports shall not constitute a violation until the extension period has expired.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.070 [43.70] and 70.170 RCW. WSR 94-12-089, § 246-454-120, filed 6/1/94, effective 7/2/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-454-120, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.39.180. WSR 86-11-041 (Order 86-01, Resolution No. 86-01), § 261-20-090, filed 5/16/86. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.39 RCW. WSR 85-04-026 (Order 85-01, Resolution No. 85-01), § 261-20-090, filed 1/31/85; WSR 83-06-036 (Order 83-02, Resolution No. 83-02), § 261-20-090, filed 2/28/83.]