ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(asc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 023-025 06/08/2023 Emergency Preparedness: Reminder About Maximum Temperatures in Nursing Home Settings Current
NH 019-007 03/11/2019 QSO 19-09-ALL: Revisions to Appendix Q, Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy Current
NH 025-033 12/08/2025 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 388-76 WAC, CHAPTER 388-78A WAC, CHAPTER 388-97 WAC, CHAPTER 388-107 WAC Current
NH 022-040 06/24/2022 New DOH Long-Term Care Visitation Resources Current
NH 013-023 12/12/2013 Background Check Result Letters Effective January 6, 2014 Current
NH 023-026 06/09/2023 QSO-18-24-ESRD: Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home (Revised) Current
NH 020-004 02/11/2020 Preventing Transmission of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Current
NH 017-033 12/12/2017 Minimum Documentation for the Activities of Daily Living Coded on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Current
NH 020-045 07/17/2020 020-045 – QSO 20-28-NH-REVISED: NH Five Star Quality Rating System Updates, NH Staff Counts, FAQ and Access to Ombuds Current
NH 025-041 08/21/2025 QSO-25-20-NH, REVISED: UPDATES TO NURSING HOME (NH) CARE COMPARE Current
NH 024-028 06/14/2024 Emergency Preparedness Considerations for Wildfire Current
NH 016-025 08/25/2016 S&C 16-33-NH: Protecting Resident Privacy & Prohibiting Mental Abuse Related to Photographs & Audio/Video Recordings by NH Staff Current
NH 021-057 07/16/2021 Long-Term Care Proclamations Remain in Effect Current
NH 015-013 04/20/2015 Use of Emergency Medical Services Rescinded

See NH #2022-033

NH 025-025 06/25/2025 Emergency Preparedness Considerations for Summer Hazards Current
NH 020-014 03/26/2020 QSO-20-20-All Prioritization of Survey Activities & Focused Infection Control/PPE Reviews Current

Superseded August 8, 2025

NH 025-047 10/01/2025 TRANSFORMING EPISODE ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL (TEAM) 3-DAY SKILLED NURSING FACILITY (SNF) RULE WAIVER Current
NH 017-026 09/22/2017 Pre-Admission Screening & Resident Review (PASRR) Process Webinar Current
NH 020-039 06/10/2020 QSO 20-32-NH: Release of COVID-19 NH Data and QSO 20-33-NH: Posting of NH Inspections Current
NH 023-044 12/13/2023 COVID-19, Influenza, RSV, and Pneumococcal Vaccination Reminder Current
NH 025-032 07/17/2025 Personal Care Services Survey Current
NH 013-024 12/30/2013 CR 102 Filed: Formal Phase of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC Current
NH 015-001 01/28/2015 S&C 15-06: Nationwide Expansion of Minimum Data Set (MDS) Focused Survey Current
NH 020-046 07/17/2020 QSO 20-34-NH: Ending of PBJ Waiver and Changes to Info Posted on NH Compare and Five Star Quality Rating System Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Current
NH 020-087 11/13/2020 Risk Assessment During Holiday Travel Current