ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters
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| Provider Type(desc) | Letter | Date | Subject | Status | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NH | 020-042 | 06/26/2020 | Emergency Rules (CR-103E) Amending WAC 388-97-1740 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, 388-97-1760 Quality Assessment and Assurance and 388-97-2400 Resident Rooms | Current | |||
| NH | 013-019 | 10/03/2013 | S&C 13-42: Reminder About Access & Visitation Rights in Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities | Current | |||
| NH | 021-064 | 09/03/2021 | Continued Use of Eye Protection to Prevent COVID-19 Infection to Protect Yourself and the People You Serve | Current | |||
| NH | 021-031 | 04/23/2021 | QSO-21-17-NH Updates to LTC Emergency Regulatory Waivers Issued in Response to COVID-199 | Current | |||
| NH | 020-064 | 09/10/2020 | QSO-20-37-CLIA, NH and QSO-20-38-NH Regarding Rule Changes to Require COVID-19 Testing and Guidance | Current |
Amended 5-11-2021 |
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| NH | 024-057 | 11/15/2024 | Processing of Background Checks While Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts is Experiencing an Outage | Current | |||
| NH | 016-018 | 06/23/2016 | Proposed Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC | Current | |||
| NH | 021-051 | 07/02/2021 | Safe Start for Long-Term Care Plans Updated | Current | |||
| NH | 020-102 | 12/23/2020 | CR-103E FILED TO EXTEND EMERGENCY RULE AMENDING NURSING HOME REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO PHYSICIAN SERVICES | Current | |||
| NH | 024-042 | 08/29/2024 | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND LONG-TERM CARE WEBINAR | Current | |||
| NH | 024-009 | 03/08/2024 | Reporting and Instructions of Minimum Staffing Standards 3.4 Hours of Direct Care Per Resident Per Day (HPRD) Temporary Inclusion of Previously Unreported Hours for State Q2, Q3, and/or Q4, 2023 | Current | |||
| NH | 018-006 | 04/09/2018 | Focus Groups Regarding Behavioral Health Service Opportunities | Current | |||
| NH | 022-007 | 01/10/2022 | Updates from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Washington State Department of Health | Current | |||
| NH | 012-014 | 09/26/2012 | S&C 12-42: Partnership to Improve Dementia Care | Current | |||
| NH | 024-050 | 10/24/2024 | QSO-25-01-NH, Revised Updates to NH Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures | Current | |||
| NH | 017-023 | 07/26/2017 | Reminder of Updates to Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) | Current | |||
| NH | 022-030 | 05/17/2022 | Reinstatement of Tuberculosis Testing Requirements July 1, 2022 | Rescinded | |||
| NH | 016-004 | 02/05/2016 | NH Guidelines (aka “The Purple Book”) Sixth Edition | Current | |||
| NH | 014-013 | 09/08/2014 | Notification of Medicare Benefits to Residents and Change in CMS Medicare Beneficiary Appeals Contractor | Current | |||
| NH | 020-096 | 12/09/2020 | NURSING HOME COVID-19 TESTING SUPPLY UPDATE | Current | |||
| NH | 016-038 | 11/16/2016 | Supplemental 3.4 HPRD Instructions & Reporting Template for NH Facilities | Current | |||
| NH | 019-005 | 03/01/2019 | Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Policy Manual Update and New Minimum Data Set (MDS) Census Reports | Current | |||
| NH | 019-006 | 03/04/2019 | Emergency Preparedness: Updates to Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual (SOM) | Current | |||
| NH | 013-020 | 10/15/2013 | Recurrent Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigen Solutions | Current | |||
| NH | 024-003 | 01/22/2024 | Updates to Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 Outbreak Definition and Outbreak Reporting Requirements | Current |