January 2002: Dental Provisions #18
Clarification: General anesthesia or conscious
sedation
The October 2001 issue of Dental Provisions referred
to the wrong regulatory WAC in relation to permits for
administering general anesthesia or conscious sedation
in a dental office. The article should have listed 246.817.175
and 246.817.180 (not 246-8170).
Thank you to all the offices that have provided a copy
of the dentist's permit. If your office administers
either general anesthesia or conscious sedation and
you have not yet faxed or mailed a copy of the permit
to Regence BlueShield, please do so as soon as possible.
If we don't have a record of the permit, claims for
these services dated January 1, 2002, or after will
be delayed or denied until we receive the needed information.
Mail copies to:
Regence BlueShield
P.O. Box 21267, MS S513
Seattle, WA 98111-3267
Fax copies to:
(206) 287-5415
NOTE: This requirement does not apply to you if your
office administers only nitrous oxide.
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