ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 021-061 08/24/2021 Order Free PPE Through the State of WA Between Now & October 31, 2021 Current
NH 025-002 01/31/2025 QSO-25-11-NH, Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Acute Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements Current
NH 021-078 10/08/2021 Rescinding CR-103E for WAC 388-97-1380, Tuberculosis - Testing Required and WAC 388-97-1580, Tuberculosis - Test Records Current
NH 021-016 03/29/2021 Updates to the Safe Start for LTC Recommendations & Requirements Current
NH 012-015 11/21/2012 MDS Helpline & 2013 MDS Training Dates Current
NH 017-024 08/11/2017 S&C 17-38-LSC Fire & Smoke Door Annual Testing Requirements in Health Care Occupancies Current
NH 022-016 02/25/2022 Recall of Certain Bed Rails Current
NH 019-028 11/27/2019 QSO-20-03-NH Phase 3 Interpretive Guidance, Arbitration Agreement Requirements and Announcement of New Resources Current
NH 024-020 04/23/2024 Resume Stakeholder Engagement to Consider Amending Rules to Implement Substitute House Bill 1218 Current
NH 016-017 06/14/2016 Webinars Regarding Resource Utilization Group: Reduction for Medicaid Residents in the PA1-PC1 RUG Groups 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 013-020 10/15/2013 Recurrent Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigen Solutions Current
NH 015-003 02/12/2015 Advanced Revisions to Interpretive Guidance at F155: CPR Current
NH 017-007 04/06/2017 Education, Quality & Infection Prevention (EQuIP) for Long-Term Care Current
NH 021-073 09/17/2021 COVID-19, Influenza and Pneumococcal Reminder Current
NH 025-018 05/23/2025 CR-101 Filed to Update Background Check Requirements Superseded

Superseded June 5, 2025
NH 022-006 01/07/2022 Additional PASRR CR 103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rules Amending or Suspending some NH Requirements Current
NH 019-017 08/30/2019 Upcoming Changes to MDS & Case Mix Current
NH 018-008 04/13/2018 Clarification: RN Hours for Meeting 24 Hour RN Staffing Requirement Current
NH 025-035 08/08/2025 Expired - QSO 19-07-NH: Enhanced Oversight and Enforcement of Non-Improving Late Adopters Current
NH 015-019 05/12/2015 Reporting Non-Consensual Sexual Contact Current
NH 020-031 05/06/2020 Additional Blanket Waivers, CMS Commission, Governor Proclamation Extensions Current
NH 022-029 05/17/2022 Begin Using DOH Construction Review Services for All Construction Projects Prior to the End of the Proclamation Current
NH 025-063 12/18/2025 WASHINGTON (WA) STATE DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT (DWDA) – IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN NURSING HOMES (NH)  Current
NH 025-003 01/31/2025 Increased Regulatory Focus by the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) Current