ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters
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| Provider Type(asc) | Letter | Date | Subject | Status | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NH | 024-012 | 03/19/2024 | Change in Community COVID-19 Guidance | Current | |||
| NH | 015-006 | 02/18/2015 | RCS Provider Forums | 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 |
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| NH | 016-023 | 08/09/2016 | Exception to 24 Hour R.N. Staffing Requirement | Current | |||
| NH | 025-009 | 03/14/2025 | Upcoming Training Opportunity: NH Pilot Reporting and Investigation of Facility-Reported Incidents | Current | |||
| NH | 017-017 | 06/21/2017 | S&C 17-30-NH: Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases & Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD) | Current | |||
| NH | 020-033 | 05/18/2020 | COVID-19: Additional Blanket Waivers, Governor Proclamation Extensions and New CMS Toolkit | Current | |||
| NH | 016-002 | 01/11/2016 | CR 103-E (Emergency Filing) Chapter 388-97 WAC | Current | |||
| NH | 020-079 | 11/06/2020 | CR-103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rules Amending NH Requirements & CR-101 Filed to Consider Permanently Amending the Rules for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, Quality Assessment and Assurance, and Resident Rooms | Current | |||
| NH | 022-035 | 06/10/2022 | Nursing Home Informal Dispute Resolution Pilot Project | Current | |||
| NH | 015-016 | 05/02/2015 | The Health Home Program & Resident Access to Health Home Care Coordinators | Current | |||
| NH | 024-037 | 08/09/2024 | As of July 1, 2024, CMS Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Replaced Resource Utilization Group (RUG) Methodology to Determine Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment Accuracy | Current | |||
| NH | 012-013 | 09/26/2012 | Emergency Preparedness | Current | |||
| NH | 021-014 | 02/09/2021 | Discontinued: Incentives for Skilled Nursing Facilities That Accept Admission from Acute Care Hospitals | Current | |||
| NH | 025-052 | 10/16/2025 | CLARIFICATION OF WASHINGTON NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND NATIONAL FINGERPRINT-BASED BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS | Superseded | |||
| NH | 014-004 | 06/27/2014 | S&C 14-25-NH: Revised Guidance at F441 - Infection Control Single-Use Device (SUD) Reprocessing | Current | |||
| NH | 026-013 | 03/26/2026 | CR 103P Filed to Amend Chapter 388-97 WAC Codifying COVID Requirements During the Pandemic | Current | |||
| NH | 016-015 | 06/06/2016 | 24-Hour Requirement in Nursing Homes Update | Current | |||
| NH | 018-019 | 08/23/2018 | CR 101 Filed to Propose Adding and Amending Sections to Chapter 388-97 WAC (TB Screening) | Current | |||
| NH | 015-028 | 08/06/2015 | Revision to S&C 14-42-NH | Current | |||
| NH | 021-053 | 07/02/2021 | CR-101 Filed to Consider Amending Sections of Chapter 388-97 WAC, Nursing Homes | Current | |||
| NH | 013-018 | 09/26/2013 | Revisions to RAI User's Manual | Current | |||
| NH | 022-005 | 01/07/2022 | New Testing Program “Operation Expanded Testing” Available | Current | |||
| NH | 020-023 | 04/16/2020 | Support if the Provider or Administrator Becomes Ill with COVID-19 | Current | |||
| NH | 020-008 | 03/11/2020 | Investigation Process in COVID-19 Situations and Suspension of Certain Survey Activities | Superseded |