Basic and Optional Health Care Services
Basic Health Care Services
Counties must provide these basic health care services:
ImmunizationsMedical screening services
Annual physical examinations
- Inpatient hospital services
Outpatient hospital services, including hospital-based ambulatory surgical center services
Rural health clinics
Laboratory and x-ray services
Family planning services
Physician services
- Payment for not more than three prescription drugs per month
- Skilled nursing facility services
Optional Health Care Services
A county may elect to provide these DSHS-establised optional health care services:
Ambulatory Surgical Centers (freestanding) services
Diabetic and colostomy medical supplies and equipment
Durable medical equipment
Home and community health care services
- Psychotherapy services provided by a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), a licensed marriage family therapist (LMFT), a licensed professional counselor (LPC), or a PH.D. psychologist
- Physician assistant services
- Advanced practice nurse (a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse midwife [CNM], or a certified registered nurse anesthetists [CRNA]) services
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Vision care, including eyeglasses
- Federally qualified health center (FQHC) services
Emergency medical services
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