ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 016-003 01/27/2016 Nursing Assistant Registry Inquiry Form Current
NH 025-051 10/16/2025 ADDRESSING PENDING PRE-ADMISSION SCREENING AND RESIDENT REVIEW (PASARR OR PASRR) LEVEL II EVALUATIONS Current
NH 025-034 07/18/2025 QSO-25-19-ALL, Release of CMS-2567: Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction Current
NH 020-061 08/28/2020 QSO-20-35-ALL - Enforcement Cases Held During the Prioritization Period & Revised Survey Prioritization Current
NH 024-041 08/29/2024 UPCOMING TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: WASHINGTON STATE’S CRISIS SYSTEM: WHAT SERVICES ARE, HOW TO ACCESS, AND WHAT TO EXPECT Current
NH 016-037 11/16/2016 S&C 14-36 (Revisions); Infection Control Breaches Which Warrant Referral to Public Health Authorities Current
NH 013-018 09/26/2013 Revisions to RAI User's Manual Current
NH 026-013 03/26/2026 CR 103P Filed to Amend Chapter 388-97 WAC Codifying COVID Requirements During the Pandemic Current
NH 020-086 11/13/2020 Admission Incentive: Hospital Discharges to Nursing Homes Current
NH 021-034 04/30/2021 Employer Responsibilities for Respiratory Protection Program and Provision of PPE Superseded

023-030
NH 024-006 02/22/2024 Rapid Response Teams Unwinding in Long-Term Care Settings Current
NH 022-061 10/31/2022 QSO-20-39-NH Revised, Updating Guidance for Nursing Home Visitation Current

Superseded August 8, 2025
NH 020-051 08/03/2020 Off Hour Surveys Current
NH 022-005 01/07/2022 New Testing Program “Operation Expanded Testing” Available 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 023-016 04/14/2023 CR-101 Filed to Propose Amending Rules Related to Resident Access to Death with Dignity Medications Current
NH 021-002 01/15/2021 Interim Recommendations for Co-administration of COVID-19 Vaccine and Tuberculosis Testing Products Current
NH 015-033 10/08/2015 New Background Check Result Letters Current
NH 024-032 07/12/2024 Guidance for 911 Outages Current
NH 016-028 09/14/2016 Pre-admission Screening & Resident Review (PASRR) Updates Webinar Current
NH 012-013 09/26/2012 Emergency Preparedness Current
NH 018-025 10/12/2018 Background Check Citations and Processing Delays Current
NH 020-076 10/23/2020 Clarification about Facility Testing of PASRR Evaluators and Other Essential Personnel Current
NH 019-027 11/22/2019 Change of Ownership Process Change for Medicaid Contracted Facilities Current
NH 022-035 06/10/2022 Nursing Home Informal Dispute Resolution Pilot Project Current