ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 018-016 06/07/2018 Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) “Toolkit” Current
NH 025-054 10/20/2025 TIMELY, IMPARTIAL, & ACCURATE ADMISSION DECISION MAKING – MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ORGANISM (MDRO) CANDIDA AURIS (C. AURIS) Current
NH 020-085 11/13/2020 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Current
NH 020-017 04/08/2020 Updated COVID-19 Information: Use of Alternate Space as Resident Rooms, Governor Proclamations, and CMS Waivers Current
NH 025-017 05/22/2025 NH Fee Increase Current
NH 024-005 02/08/2024 Infection Prevention Control and Emergency Preparedness Contacts and Roles Current
NH 021-075 09/24/2021 Interim Final Rule: CMS-3401-IFC: Additional Policy & Regulatory Revisions Related to LTC Facility COVID Testing Requirements Current

Superseded August 8, 2025

NH 025-002 01/31/2025 QSO-25-11-NH, Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Acute Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements Current
NH 020-090 11/19/2020 CMS Nursing Home COVID-19 Training Data with Urgent Call to Action Current
NH 020-027 04/29/2020 Emergency Rules Amending WAC 388-97-1260 Current
NH 026-021 05/01/2026 QSO-26-08-NH: Clarification regarding Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP) and Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation Program (CEP) requirements and allowable flexibilities Current
NH 020-010 03/12/2020 QSO-20-17-ALL: Guidance for Use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel Superseded

Superseded August 8, 2025

NH 024-051 10/24/2024 QSO-24-21-NH, Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement Related to NH Residents’ Right to Vote Current
NH 022-008 01/14/2022 Nursing Facility Support for Hospital Discharges Current

Amended February 10, 2022

NH 013-004 04/15/2013 S&C 13-13: New Dining Standards of Practice Resources Current
NH 023-017 04/14/2023 CR-103E Emergency Rules Filed to Continue to Waive Certain Transfer and Discharge Requirements Current

 

 

NH 016-017 06/14/2016 Webinars Regarding Resource Utilization Group: Reduction for Medicaid Residents in the PA1-PC1 RUG Groups Current
NH 014-022 10/13/2014 Update: LTC Ombuds Access to Resident Information & Records Current
NH 025-010 03/19/2025 QSO-25-14-NH, Revised: LTC Surveyor Guidance - Significant Revisions to Enhance Quality and Oversight of the LTC Survey Process Current
NH 026-025 06/10/2026 Clarifying Background Check Requirements on Veteran Staff in Nursing Homes Current
NH 023-003 01/20/2023 Tenth CR-103E Extension Filed for Emergency Rules Amending or Suspending Some Nursing Home Requirements Related to PASRR Current
NH 017-007 04/06/2017 Education, Quality & Infection Prevention (EQuIP) for Long-Term Care Current
NH 024-033 11/15/2024 Processing of Background Checks While Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts i Experiencing an Outage Current
NH 021-027 03/31/2021 Reimplementation of Surveys, Inspections and Evaluations Current

Amended 04/08/2021

NH 020-059 08/17/2020 CR-103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rules Amending or Suspending Some NH Requirements and CR 101 Filed to Consider Permanently Amending the Rules Current