Information for Nursing Home Professionals

For questions or comments regarding the content on this page, contact the RCS Communications Manager.

• Administrator Letters
• Applications
• Background Check
• Case Mix
  • Medicaid Case Mix in the State of Washington
• 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
• Direct Care Hours Per Resident Day (HPRD) Requirement
• Directory of Nursing Homes
• 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
  • CMS Emergency Preparedness Checklist (12/2013)
  • Emergency Planning Information
  • NH Response to Natural or Human-Made Disaster
  • CMS Information and Status Reports Information Status Reports During & After 
• 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
  • Department of Health 
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  • Adult Immunization Resources
• Health-Care Decision Making
  • Advance Directives & Informed Consent Fact Sheet
  • Department of Health POLST Information 
• Hotline Poster
• 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 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
  • Related letter to NH Administrators
  • Brochure (overview)
  • Project history
• RCS Standard Operating Procedures Manual
• Required Reportable Diseases and Conditions
• Resident Rights & Alternate Decision-Makers
  • PowerPoint
  • Follow Up Q&A
  • Webinar
• 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
  • Surety Bond
  • Assignment of Time Deposit
• Training for New Nursing Home Administrators
• Tuberculosis (TB) Resources
  • Department of Health TB Risk Assessment and Questionnaire
  • Department of Health TB Resources and Updates
  • Interferon Gamma Release Assays
  • Testing and Diagnosis
• Washington Administrative Code for Nursing Homes