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For Providers
Beginning in February 2009, L&I will be contacting health-care clinics in Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan counties to ask you to fax reports of accident to us within 2 business days of treating an injured or ill worker.
We hope all providers in the project area will participate
To participate in this project, within 2 business days of treating an injured or ill worker, fax your reports of accident to L&I at 1-800-910-5769. (Note that this new fax number is just for the Early Claim Solutions project.)
The Early Claim Solutions team will move quickly to approve or deny the claim, making a number of other steps possible.
By helping speed up L&I’s initial decision-making, here’s how your participation will help your L&I patients:
- Benefits will be paid more quickly.
- Medical tests will be authorized more rapidly.
- Pharmacists can fill second prescriptions.
You can get paid more
L&I will pay an incentive of $18 for each report of accident faxed to us within 2 business days of treating an injured or ill worker. This is in addition to the $36 we already pay for these reports — a 50 percent increase.
Getting paid more is as easy as:
- Enrolling in the project by signing a form that supplements your standard L&I provider application.
- Billing for the incentive, which may require changes to your billing system.
To meet with an L&I staff member to discuss participation, please contact us.
Questions?
- E-mail: EarlyClaims@Lni.wa.gov
- Phone: 360-902-4909
- Mail:
Early Claim Solutions
Department of Labor & Industries
PO Box 44156
Olympia WA 98504-4156
Fax to L&I
Please fax your reports of accident to L&I at 1-800-910-5769.
- Only reports of accident should be faxed to this number.
- This is a NEW fax number -- please do not use the old numbers.
- If you have additional correspondence about the worker’s care, other fax numbers are available for this purpose.
Other Resources
- 1-800-848-0811 - Provider Hotline, for all billing questions and to request L&I published forms and manuals.
- 1-800-831-5227 - Automated phone line, to get claim or bill status information.
- 360-902-6511 - Electronic Billing Unit, to get billing information on State Fund claims
