ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 021-014 02/09/2021 Discontinued: Incentives for Skilled Nursing Facilities That Accept Admission from Acute Care Hospitals Current
NH 021-030 04/23/2021 CR-103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rule Amending NH Requirements Related to Physician Services Current
NH 020-082 11/13/2020 Summary of Pilot for Modified Off-Site Case Mix Accuracy Reviews Current
NH 022-035 06/10/2022 Nursing Home Informal Dispute Resolution Pilot Project Current
NH 017-002 01/19/2017 Minimum Documentation & Review Standards for the Activities of Daily Living Coded on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Current
NH 021-036 07/01/2021 Safe Start for Long-Term Care Plans Updated Current

Superseded August 8, 2025

NH 025-013 03/28/2025 Emergency Preparedness Considerations for Volcanic Ashfall Current
NH 014-020 10/06/2014 Building Respect for Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults Current
NH 020-067 09/23/2020 COVID-19 Visitation Support Grant Requests Current
NH 020-051 08/03/2020 Off Hour Surveys Current
NH 020-089 11/18/2020 Reminder to Allow Health Care Provider Visits Current
NH 021-005 01/21/2021 Continued Incentives to Skilled Nursing Facilities that Accept Admission from Acute Care Hospitals Current

See update issued 2/9/21

NH 023-033 10/09/2023 RCS Staff Mask Wearing and Related Procedures During the 2023-2024 Respiratory Illness Season Rescinded
NH 022-007 01/10/2022 Updates from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Washington State Department of Health Current
NH 018-026 10/12/2018 PASRR Webinar and New Level One Form Current
NH 018-010 05/07/2018 Elimination of Dear Provider Postcards Current
NH 016-031 09/27/2016 Update Regarding Resource Utilization Group: Reduction for Medicaid Residents in the Low Acuity RUG Groups Current
NH 021-012 02/10/2021 QSO-21-11-ALL - New Platform for Submission of 1135 Waiver Requests and Inquiries - Go Live Current
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 021-031 04/23/2021 QSO-21-17-NH Updates to LTC Emergency Regulatory Waivers Issued in Response to COVID-199 Current

Superseded August 8, 2025

NH 020-084 11/13/2020 Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Webinar 2020 Current
NH 022-036 06/10/2022 Emergency Rules (CR-103E) Rescinded to Reinstate WAC 388-97-1740 Related to Fire Drills and 388-97-2400 Related to Windows in Resident Rooms Current
NH 017-003 01/26/2017 Electronic Plan of Correction (ePOC) Current
NH 021-051 07/02/2021 Safe Start for Long-Term Care Plans Updated 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