ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 023-014 03/30/2023 Secretary of Health Face Covering Order Ends April 3, 2023 Current
NH 015-029 08/11/2015 Revisions to Questions on the Complaint Hotline Current
NH 017-006 03/06/2017 S&C 17-19-NH: Revision to State Operations Manual (SOP) Appendix PP Current
NH 024-011 03/15/2024 Temporary Process for Verification of Nursing Assistant-Registered (NAR) Eligibility to Continue Working Past 4 Months in a Nursing Home (NH)) Superseded

Superseded 2/28/2025

NH 018-002 01/30/2018 Formal Phase (CR 102) of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC Current
NH 020-031 05/06/2020 Additional Blanket Waivers, CMS Commission, Governor Proclamation Extensions 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 023-024 06/05/2023 WAC 388-97-1081, Minimum Staffing Standards 3.4 Direct Care Hours Emergency Rule Implementation Plan Current
NH 024-017 04/02/2024 NAC and HCA Credentialing Backlogs Current
NH 017-013 05/26/2017 S&C 17-26-NH: Notice of Proposed Regulation Changes to Requirements Related to Survey Team Composition and Investigation of Complaints Current
NH 012-009 07/27/2012 S&C 12-35: Safe Use of Single Dose/Single Use Medications to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections Current
NH 022-041 07/07/2022 Reimplementation of the Nursing Home State Survey Report or DSHS 10-207 Form Current
NH 019-012 06/14/2019 CR 101 Filed to Propose Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC (Geriatric Specialty Training) Current
NH 014-008 07/17/2014 LTC Ombuds Access to Resident Information & Records Superseded

Replaced by 014-022

NH 016-013 06/10/2016 Release of Draft Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 User’s Manual Version 1.14 Current
NH 020-052 08/04/2020 N95 Mask Fittings and Facility Online Surveys Current
NH 013-014 08/09/2013 CR 101 Filed to Add/Amend Sections of Chapter 388-97 WAC Current
NH 021-021 03/04/2021 Long-Term Care Resilience Training Opportunity Current
NH 023-015 03/30/2023 Discontinuing Discretionary Tasks and Resuming Mandatory Facility Tasks in the Long-Term Care Survey Process Current
NH 018-003 02/01/2018 Department of Health Influenza Update Current
NH 023-039 11/17/2023 Quality, Safety and Education Portal (QSEP) Current
NH 020-056 08/06/2020 Behavioral Health Provider Visits Current
NH 022-014 02/17/2022 QSO-22-10-ALL Vaccination Expectations for Surveyors Performing Federal Oversight Current