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2009 House Bill 2114: Establishing a forum for testing primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects
Introduced by Rep. Larry Seaquist (Gig Harbor) (D) on February 10, 2009
Requires the health care authority and the department of social and health services to design, oversee implementation of, and evaluate one or more primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects in the state to include as participants public payers, private health carriers, and health care providers. Expires July 1, 2013.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on February 10, 2009
Substitute offered in the House on February 20, 2009
To include third party payors in the list of participants involved in the primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on February 20, 2009
Referred to the House Health & Human Services Appropriations Committee on February 23, 2009
Substitute offered in the House on February 25, 2009
Allows the Health Care Authority (HCA) and the DSHS to select a pilot site that employs a list of activities associated with medical homes. Directs DSHS and HCA to choose a reimbursement method for this pilot site that includes a fixed monthly payment per person. Agreements for payments made directly by a consumer or other entity paying on behalf of the consumer shall comply with provisions applicable to direct patient-provider primary care practices. The HCA and the DSHS may include a high deductible health plan or other health plan designed to wrap around the primary care services of this pilot project.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on February 25, 2009
Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 2, 2009
Received in the Senate on March 11, 2009
Referred to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on March 11, 2009