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
- QSEP: The Quality, Safety & Education Portal (QSEP) is an online platform, accessible on-demand 24/7 to learn what you want, where you want, when you want. QSEP provides the full curriculum of surveyor training and guidance on health care facility regulations. These trainings are accessible to the public by clicking on “Public Access” in the blue ribbon. To view NH specific trainings, click the drop down menu “Select Provider/Supplier Type” then select “SNF/NF – Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Facilities”.
- 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