ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(asc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 025-017 05/22/2025 NH Fee Increase Current
NH 025-059 12/10/2025 UPDATED PHARMACY RULES & SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1720, MEDICATION ASSISTANCE INTERESTED PARTIES MEETING Current
NH 017-007 04/06/2017 Education, Quality & Infection Prevention (EQuIP) for Long-Term Care Current
NH 023-030 09/14/2023 Provider Responsibilities for Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Respiratory Protection Program (RPP), and Changes to Department of Health (DOH) RPP Resources Current
NH 022-001 01/04/2022 Healthcare Management Solutions, LLC Awarded Contract to Conduct Nursing Home Full Recertification Surveys Current
NH 020-090 11/19/2020 CMS Nursing Home COVID-19 Training Data with Urgent Call to Action 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NH 020-010 03/12/2020 QSO-20-17-ALL: Guidance for Use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel Superseded

Superseded August 8, 2025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 020-027 04/29/2020 Emergency Rules Amending WAC 388-97-1260 Current
NH 025-002 01/31/2025 QSO-25-11-NH, Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Acute Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements Current
NH 024-010 03/08/2024 Geriatric Behavioral Health Worker (GBHW) Qualifications, Supervision and Training Requirements, and Instructions for Temporary Inclusion of Previously Reported State Q2, Q3 and/or Q4 2023 Into the Direct Care House Per Resident Day (HPRD) Calculation Superseded

August 16, 2024

NH 025-022 06/05/2025 Updates to the Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Program (LTC QIP) Current
NH 023-038 11/09/2023 Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) Pilot Project for Nursing Homes Wrap Up and Feedback Request Current
NH 022-012 02/10/2022 Clarification on NH Safe Start for LTC Plan Visitation Requirements and CMS QSO-20-39-Revised Current
NH 022-032 05/26/2022 CR-103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rules Amending or Suspending NH Requirements Related to PASRR Current
NH 025-011 03/26/2025 QSSAM-25-1-ALL: Clarification of CMS' Provider Enrollment Site Visits and Specific Disclosure Requirements for SNF and NF Current
NH 024-017 04/02/2024 NAC and HCA Credentialing Backlogs Current
NH 019-003 02/01/2019 CR 101 Filed to Propose Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC (Geriatric Specialty Training) Current
NH 020-002 01/17/2020 Background Check Copies from BCCU Current
NH 013-005 04/17/2013 S&C 13-14: Luer Misconnection Adverse Events Current
NH 014-007 07/17/2014 Final Amendments Related to Chapter 388-97 WAC Current
NH 017-028 10/13/2017 S&C:17-45-NH Electronic Staffing Submission – Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Public Use File Current
NH 021-016 02/18/2021 Travel Advisory/Restrictions and Governor's Proclamation 20-83 Current
NH 022-055 09/29/2022 Residential Care Services Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Program Current
NH 015-029 08/11/2015 Revisions to Questions on the Complaint Hotline Current
NH 025-018 05/23/2025 CR-101 Filed to Update Background Check Requirements Superseded

Superseded June 5, 2025