RCW 48.165.035 Lead Organization Tasks-Uniform Electronic Process

• Library: Washington Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 1st Special Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: RCW 48.165.035

By December 31, 2010, the lead organization shall:

(1) Develop a uniform electronic process for collecting and transmitting the necessary provider-supplied data to support credentialing, admitting privileges, and other related processes that:

(a) Reduces the administrative burden on providers;

(b) Improves the quality and timeliness of information for hospitals and payors;

(c) Is interoperable with other relevant systems;

(d) Enables use of the data by authorized participants for other related applications; and

(e) Serves as the sole source of credentialing information required by hospitals and payors from providers for data elements included in the electronic process, except this shall not prohibit:

(i) A hospital, payor, or other credentialing entity subject to the requirements of this section from seeking clarification of information obtained through use of the uniform electronic process, if such clarification is reasonably necessary to complete the credentialing process; or