ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type(desc) Letter Date Subject Status Notes
NH 012-007 07/20/2012 Employment of Physicians Current
NH 019-002 02/01/2019 CR-101 Re-filed to Propose Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC (Appeal Rights) 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of Previously Reported State Q2, Q3 and/or Q4 2023 Into the Direct Care House Per Resident Day (HPRD) Calculation Superseded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

NH 017-024 08/11/2017 S&C 17-38-LSC Fire & Smoke Door Annual Testing Requirements in Health Care Occupancies 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 022-064 12/16/2022 CMS Released QSO-23-01-NH with Revisions to Special Focus Facility Program 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 021-052 07/02/2021 Philips Product Recall, including CPAP, Bilevel Pap, and Mechanical Ventilators Current
NH 021-091 12/08/2021 Clarification Regarding NATCEP/CEP Waiver and Appeal Requirements for SNF/NF Current
NH 013-012 07/17/2013 2013 Legislation: HB 1003 Current
NH 014-022 10/13/2014 Update: LTC Ombuds Access to Resident Information & Records Current
NH 024-033 11/15/2024 Processing of Background Checks While Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts i Experiencing an Outage Current
NH 016-020 07/14/2016 Services to Enable Accessible Communication with People Who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing or Speech Disabled Current
NH 020-028 04/30/2020 QSO 20-28-NH: Five Star Quality Rating System Updates, Staff Counts and Frequently Asked Questions Current
NH 022-010 02/04/2022 CR-101s Filed to Consider Amending Chapters 388-76, 388-78A, 388-97, and 388-107 WAC to Implement SHB 1218 Current
NH 024-043 09/04/2024 REMINDER OF REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO RESIDENTS’ RIGHT TO VOTE 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
NH 018-008 04/13/2018 Clarification: RN Hours for Meeting 24 Hour RN Staffing Requirement Current
NH 021-084 10/28/2021 Nursing Facility COVID Units Current
NH 012-008 07/20/2012 Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Current
NH 019-003 02/01/2019 CR 101 Filed to Propose Amendments to Chapter 388-97 WAC (Geriatric Specialty Training) 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)) Current

Amended July 25, 2024

NH 024-052 10/28/2024 Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Webinar 2024 Current
NH 020-002 01/17/2020 Background Check Copies from BCCU Current
NH 015-022 06/16/2015 Assigned RCS Field Managers Current