Fee Schedule
DDS Schedule of Maximum Allowances for Medical Services 10/2008
INFORMATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERSIn about 60% of all cases, the information from treating sources provides enough documentation for the final determination of disability. In the remaining cases, a consultative examination (CE) is purchased by the DDDS. Currently the DDDS has approximately 300 medical, psychiatric and psychological doctors who perform consultative evaluations for our office.
If you are a licensed psychologist, MD, DO, audiometrist, speech & language pathologist, vocational specialist or OT/PT that does cognitive and/or motor testing for young children, you may be able to perform consultative examinations for our program. All interested examiners must submit a Request for Qualification (RFQ) to be considered for a contract with our agency. RFQs and information about examination requirements for DDDS CE's can be downloaded from the DSHS Procurements website: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ccs/
RFQ 0635-256 Medical CE's (Physical exams and specialty exams)
RFQ 0735-274 Hearing, Pediatric or Vision
RFQ 0634-250 Psychiatric
RFQ 0734-257 Psychological
RFQ 0736-287 OT-PT/Speech & Language/Audiometry
RFQ 0836-330 One-Day Vocational Workshop Evaluation
Disability
Evaluation Under Social Security (The Blue Book)
If you are interested in becoming a Consultative Examiner, please contact the
Professional Relations Department:
ELECTRONIC RECORDS EXPRESS (ERE)
Do you have electronic health care records? Would you like to save time and
money by submitting requested information to the DDDS electronically?
Electronic Records Express is a Social Security Administration (SSA)
initiative that offers a range of options for submitting medical records to the
state Disability Determination Service (DDS). You choose the method, or methods,
that work best for your organization.
Program Objectives
Options For Submitting Records:
BILLING AND PAYMENT
Questions about billing or payments for consultative examinations and medical
records should be directed to: 1-800-562-6074 ext 664-7727 or locally (Olympia)
360-664-7727.
Bills may be submitted via fax to 1-800-456-5170. This fax is for bills only
. No records please.
For comments or questions regarding the Division of Disability
Determination Services,
contact us.
Secure Web Site
Transfer records through the SSA Electronic Services secure web site
using your existing Internet connection. The only software needed is a Web
browser. You type in a small amount of case information from the DDS request
letter, then attach your electronic data -- scanned paper records, a report
generated by your electronic records system, or a report typed in your
favorite word processor. File types accepted: .wpd, .doc, .jpg, .bmp, .txt,
.xls, .pdf, .tif, .tiff and .zip files that contain any of these file types.
For a
DEMO of this site, please visit:
http://www.ssa.gov/ere/ere_demo_public/index.html
Fax
Use your office fax to send records any time, day or night. Fax software
programs may also be used if you can make the first page of the fax the DDDS
bar coded cover sheet letter. The bar-coded cover sheet must always be page
one. The faxes are digitized for claims processing.
SEATTLE DDS TOLL FREE FAX: 1-866-625-3815
SPOKANE DDS TOLL FREE FAX: 1-866-478-0546
For more information about submitting your records electronically, or
to obtain a PIN and Password to use the secure web site, please contact
Jennifer Elsen or Dawn Bolender on the DDS Professional
Relations Staff.
