Interagency Agreement between Wa Healthcare Authority and KC

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UUUUwYlI CIIVVIUPU IU. %, IUU%,U--+U-/U.7C CVU-M`FV 5-4/11 Ul+GUOI.OVV "Fiscal Coordinator" means the Contractor's employee who is assigned to be the liaison between HCA and the Contractor for the accounting purposes of this Agreement. The Contractor may assign the fiscal and RMTS coordinator roles to the same staff if desired. "HCA Contract Manager" means the individual identified on the cover page of this Contract who will provide oversight of the Contractor's activities conducted under this Contract. "Health Care Authority" or "HCA" means the Washington State Health Care Authority, any division, section, office, unit or other entity of HCA, or any of the officers or other officials lawfully representing HCA. "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996" or "HIPAA" means, as codified at 42 USC 1320d-8, as amended, and its attendant Regulations as promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CMS, the HHS Office of the Inspector General, and the HHS Office for Civil Rights. HIPAA inlcudes the Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules at 45 C.F.R. Part 160 and Part 164. "Individual(s)" means the person(s) who is the subject of PHI and includes a person who qualifies as a personal representative in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(g). "Indirect Cost" means an operating expense that is allocated across more than one program. "Indirect Cost Rate" means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the Indirect Costs to a Direct Cost base as approved by the Contractor's Cognizant Agency. "Information and Communication Technology" or "ICT" means information technology and other equipment, systems, technologies, or processes, for which the principal function is the creation, manipulation, storage, display, receipt, or transmission of electronic data and information, as well as any associated content. Examples include computers and peripheral equipment; information kiosks and transaction machines; telecommunications equipment; customer premises equipment; multifunction office machines; software; applications; websites; videos; and electronic documents. "LHJ Claiming Manual" or "Manual" means the HCA document or its successor including any updates, that describes how the Contractor must manage their MAC program and provides program guidance. "Limited Data Set(s)" means a Data set that meets the requirements of 45 C.F.R. §§ 164.514(e)(2) and 164.514(e)(3). "Linkage" means connecting Clients to Medicaid Covered Services. "Local Matching Funds" means the Contractor's non-federal tax dollars that are not otherwise obligated and are designated or certified to match the FFP rate of reimbursement. "MAC Activity" or "Allowable Activity" or "Reimbursable Activity" or "Claimable Activity" means an activity that is administrative in nature, and necessary for the proper and efficient administration for the Medicaid state plan which must be in compliance as described in applicable federal, state, HCA and CMS Regulations, the CAP, Manual, and this Agreement. Washington State Page 6 of 35 HCA IAA K8630 Health Care Authority Revised 07/2023