ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters
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| Provider Type | Letter(desc) | Date | Subject | Status | Notes | ||
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| NH | 024-023 | 05/17/2024 | Medicare & Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for LTC Facilities & Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Final Rule (CMS 3442-F) | Current | |||
| NH | 024-024 | 05/24/2024 | Technical Corrections to CMS Released QSO-23-01-NH, Revisions to the Special Focus Facility Program | Current | |||
| NH | 024-026 | 06/06/2024 | Updates to NH State Survey Report DSHS Form 10-207 | Current | |||
| NH | 024-027 | 06/06/2024 | Clarification to the Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR or PASRR) Level 1 Screening Process | Current |
Amended August 23, 2024 |
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| NH | 024-030 | 06/27/2024 | Nursing Home: Public Health Emergency Rules Memorialized in CR-103P Permanent Rulemaking | Current | |||
| NH | 024-034 | 07/26/2024 | Updates to Nursing Home Data and Care Compare | 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 | 024-010 | 03/08/2024 | Geriatric Behavioral Health Worker (GBHW) Qualifications, Supervision and Training Requirements, and Instructions for Temporary Inclusion of Previously Reported State Q2, Q3 and/or Q4 2023 Into the Direct Care House Per Resident Day (HPRD) Calculation | Superseded |
August 16, 2024 |
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| NH | 024-038 | 08/16/2024 | Updated: Geriatric Behavioral Health Worker (GBHW) Hour Validation Process Ongoing | Current | |||
| NH | 024-039 | 08/16/2024 | Enhanced Facility Wide Assessment | Current | |||
| NH | 024-048 | 10/07/2024 | COMPLETION OF THE NURSING HOME (NH) INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION (IDR) PANEL PILOT PROJECT | Current | |||
| NH | 024-049 | 10/14/2024 | REVISED: TRANSITIONING CERTIFICATION FUNCTIONS FOR CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP (CHOWS), ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, AND INITIAL ENROLLMENT PERFORMED BY THE SURVEY & OPERATIONS GROUP (SOG) LOCATIONS | Current | |||
| NH | 024-050 | 10/24/2024 | QSO-25-01-NH, Revised Updates to NH Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures | Current | |||
| NH | 024-051 | 10/24/2024 | QSO-24-21-NH, Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement Related to NH Residents’ Right to Vote | Current | |||
| NH | 024-060 | 12/16/2024 | Reminder of Communications Requirements with Home and Community Services | Current | |||
| NH | 025-002 | 01/31/2025 | QSO-25-11-NH, Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Acute Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements | Current | |||
| NH | 025-003 | 01/31/2025 | Increased Regulatory Focus by the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) | 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 |
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| NH | 025-006 | 02/28/2025 | Rescinding the Temporary Process for Verification of Nursing Assistant - Registered (NAR) Eligibility to Continue Working Past 120 Days in a NH | Current | |||
| NH | 025-007 | 02/28/2025 | January 16, 2025 Updates from the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) | Current | |||
| NH | 025-010 | 03/19/2025 | QSO-25-14-NH, Revised: LTC Surveyor Guidance - Significant Revisions to Enhance Quality and Oversight of the LTC Survey Process | Current | |||
| NH | 024-059 | 12/06/2024 | QSO-25-07-NH, Revised LTC Surveyor Guidance: Significant Revisions to Enhance Quality and Oversight of the LTC Survey Process | Current |
Superseded March 19, 2025 |
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| NH | 025-011 | 03/26/2025 | QSSAM-25-1-ALL: Clarification of CMS' Provider Enrollment Site Visits and Specific Disclosure Requirements for SNF and NF | Current | |||
| NH | 022-031 | 05/26/2022 | CR-103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rules Amending NH Requirements for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Resident Rooms | Current | |||
| NH | 024-052 | 10/28/2024 | Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Webinar 2024 | Current |