Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION
Chapter 246-562 - Physician visa waivers
Section 246-562-087 - Eligibility for facilities hiring physicians as hospitalists

(1) An applicant is limited to one hospitalist sponsorship per hospital per federal fiscal year. Multiple employers at the same location are not allowed.

(2) An applicant may only use inpatient data on the patient visit report required in WAC 246-562-060 to demonstrate that fifteen percent of applicant's total patient visits were to medicaid and other low-income patients.

(3) An applicant must identify primary care physicians in the community who will accept unattached medicaid, medicare or uninsured patients for follow-up care.