ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 016-004 02/05/2016 NH Guidelines (aka “The Purple Book”) Sixth Edition Current
NH 019-005 03/01/2019 Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Policy Manual Update and New Minimum Data Set (MDS) Census Reports Current
NH 021-051 07/02/2021 Safe Start for Long-Term Care Plans Updated Current
NH 016-038 11/16/2016 Supplemental 3.4 HPRD Instructions & Reporting Template for NH Facilities Current
NH 020-069 09/25/2020 Long-Term Care Worker Certification Current
NH 020-026 04/28/2020 COVID-19 Communicative Technology Grant Requests Current
NH 013-019 10/03/2013 S&C 13-42: Reminder About Access & Visitation Rights in Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities Current
NH 023-033 10/09/2023 RCS Staff Mask Wearing and Related Procedures During the 2023-2024 Respiratory Illness Season Rescinded
NH 016-018 06/23/2016 Proposed Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC Current
NH 022-007 01/10/2022 Updates from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Washington State Department of Health Current
NH 020-055 08/06/2020 Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1 Face Coverings – Statewide Current
NH 018-001 01/26/2018 S&C 18-08-NH: An Initiative to Address Facility Initiated Discharges that Violate Federal Regulations Current
NH 025-007 02/28/2025 January 16, 2025 Updates from the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Current
NH 025-059 12/10/2025 UPDATED PHARMACY RULES & SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1720, MEDICATION ASSISTANCE INTERESTED PARTIES MEETING Current
NH 020-077 10/28/2020 Flu Vaccine Now Available to Uninsured Adults at No Cost Current
NH 023-003 01/20/2023 Tenth CR-103E Extension Filed for Emergency Rules Amending or Suspending Some Nursing Home Requirements Related to PASRR Current
NH 021-046 06/17/2021 Expiration of Eviction Moratorium Current
NH 024-039 08/16/2024 Enhanced Facility Wide Assessment Current
NH 025-043 09/16/2025 REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING HOMES KEEPING NALOXONE (NARCAN) IN STOCK Superseded
NH 024-020 04/23/2024 Resume Stakeholder Engagement to Consider Amending Rules to Implement Substitute House Bill 1218 Current
NH 020-017 04/08/2020 Updated COVID-19 Information: Use of Alternate Space as Resident Rooms, Governor Proclamations, and CMS Waivers Current
NH 012-015 11/21/2012 MDS Helpline & 2013 MDS Training Dates Current
NH 016-005 02/25/2016 Update Regarding Expectations For E-Cigarettes & Vaping Devices Current
NH 019-006 03/04/2019 Emergency Preparedness: Updates to Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual (SOM) Current
NH 021-052 07/02/2021 Philips Product Recall, including CPAP, Bilevel Pap, and Mechanical Ventilators Current