Announcements
Latest Guidance Regarding COVID-19
- Waiver Tracker
- DOH Interim Recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Settings 2022
- CDC Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- DOH Secretary’s Order 20.03 Face Coverings - Statewide
- Provider Letter: State of Emergency Ending in WA State on 10/31/2022
- Epidemic Preparedness and Response Guidelines
- Directory of Local Health Jurisdictions
- Training Template: End of Proclamation & Public Health Emergency –What Now? for Nursing Home Providers
- Administrator Letters
- Applications
- Background Check
- Case Mix
- Character, Competence, and Suitability (CCS) Determination Form (DSHS 15-456)
- Citation Frequency & Related Data
- Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds
- CMS/CDC C-Diff Resource Toolkit
- CMS Overview: New Long-Term Care Survey Process (PowerPoint)
- CMS Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Resources
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Contact RCS
- CMS COVID-19 Focused Survey for Nursing Homes
- Direct Care Hours Per Resident Day (HPRD) Requirement
- Directory of Nursing Homes
- Disaster Preparedness Rulemaking
- DSHS Forms
- Enforcement Video
- Notice of Transfer or Discharge (DSHS 10-237)
- Opioid Abuse: Facts & Prevention Tips
- Request for an Administrative Hearing (DSHS 10-238)
- Nursing Home Information Changes (DSHS 10-603)
- Electronic Plan of Correction (ePOC)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Enforcement Charts
- FDA Recalls
- Information about FDA food, drug and other product recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts
- To receive e-mail updates of FDA recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts, visit https://subscriberhelp.granicus.com/s/article/Subscriber-Help-Center
- Flu Information
- Health-Care Decision Making
- Hotline Poster
- Immediate Jeopardy (CMS Core Q) Guidelines Webinar
- Life Safety Code – Immediate Jeopardy
- Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR) Request Form
- State Process (See Section B)
- Insurance Information Requests (Word Format)
- Licensed NH Administrator Continuing Education
- Low Acuity Budget Proviso Updates / Administrator Letter
- Mandated Reporters: Understanding Your Responsibilities
- PDF Version (Brochure Format)
- Word Version (Handout Format)
- Minimum Data Set (MDS)
- Training
- Newsletters
- Clinical
- NH Rule Filings (Chapter 388-97 WAC)
- CR 103 - Permanent Rulemaking (Direct Care Hours) / Concise Explanatory Statement
- CR 101 - Proposed Rulemaking (Clinical Records)
- CR 101 – Proposed Rulemaking (Multiple Suspended/Waived During COVID)
- CR 101 - Proposed Rulemaking (Direct Care Staff - EHB 1564)
- CR 101 - Proposed Rulemaking (TB Testing)
- CR 101 - Proposed Rulemaking (Geriatric Specialty Training)
- CR 101 - Proposed Rulemaking (Background Checks)
- CR 103P - Permanent Rulemaking (Resident Assessment)
- CR 103P - Permanent Rulemaking (Appeal Rights)
- CR 105 - Expedited Rulemaking (Transfer & Discharge Appeals)
- Nursing Assistant Yearly Inservice Training CMS Memo / Resources
- Nursing Home Charts
- Nursing Home Compare
- Nursing Home Locator
- Nursing Home Guidelines, aka "The Purple Book"
- Official US Medicare Site
- On-Time Quality Improvement Program Manual
- Partners in Protection: A Guide for Reporting Vulnerable Adult Abuse - DSHS 22-810(x)
- PASRR Contractors
- QIS (Quality Indicator Survey) Project: CMS Revised NH Survey Process
- RCS Standard Operating Procedures Manual
- Required Reportable Diseases and Conditions
- Resident Rights & Alternate Decision-Makers
- Restraints
- Restraint Management Guide
- Alternatives to Physical Restraints
- FDA Safety Alert: Side Rail Entrapment Hazards
- Side Rail Safety
- Surety Bond/Assignment of Time Deposit Samples
- Training for New Nursing Home Administrators
- Tuberculosis (TB) Resources
- Washington Administrative Code for Nursing Homes