ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters

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Provider Type Letter Date Subject Status(asc) Notes
NH 025-027 06/30/2025 iQIES NH/LTC Launch July 14, 2025: Guidance to Surveyors & Survey Certification & Enforcement Staff Current
NH 020-077 10/28/2020 Flu Vaccine Now Available to Uninsured Adults at No Cost Current
NH 022-043 07/12/2022 Personal Care Services Survey Current
NH 014-002 05/13/2014 S&C 14-12: Emergency Preparedness Initiative – Revised Checklist Current
NH 024-026 06/06/2024 Updates to NH State Survey Report DSHS Form 10-207 Current
NH 016-039 11/22/2016 S&C 17-07-NH Advance Copy – Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP – Revised Regulations & Tags 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Superseded August 8, 2025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 021-073 09/17/2021 COVID-19, Influenza and Pneumococcal Reminder Current
NH 023-006 03/03/2023 Emergency Rules Filed Related to Minimum Staffing Standards in Nursing Homes (3.4 Direct Care Hours and RN Requirements) Current
NH 018-008 04/13/2018 Clarification: RN Hours for Meeting 24 Hour RN Staffing Requirement Current
NH 021-010 02/01/2021 COVID-19 Vaccination Information Current
NH 025-062 12/16/2025 CR-105 FILED TO REPEAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 388-97 WAC THAT HAVE EXPIRED (NURSING HOMES) 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 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 022-012 02/10/2022 Clarification on NH Safe Start for LTC Plan Visitation Requirements and CMS QSO-20-39-Revised Current
NH 012-012 09/24/2012 Reasonable Accommodation and Non-Discrimination for Services Animals Current
NH 023-038 11/09/2023 Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) Pilot Project for Nursing Homes Wrap Up and Feedback Request Current
NH 016-007 03/30/2016 Four Month Rule Extension Request Current
NH 019-013 06/21/2019 Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigen Solution Current
NH 021-042 05/25/2021 CR-103E Filed to Extend Emergency Rules Amending NH Requirements and Two CR-101s Filed to Consider Permanently Amending Some NH Rules Current
NH 025-028 06/30/2025 Reinstating the Temporary Process for Verification of Nursing Assistant-Registered (NAR) Eligibility to Continue Working Past 4 Months in a NH Current
NH 020-078 10/30/2020 Update to Reporting COVID Test Results Current
NH 022-044 07/22/2022 QSO-22-18-ALL: Clarifying Vaccination Expectations for Surveyors Performing Federal Oversight and Rescinding QSO-10-22-ALL Current
NH 014-003 06/17/2014 Resident/Client Protection Program & Provider Practice Coordination & Communication OPP 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