AGING AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION
Information for Adult Family Home Providers
Free Training Opportunity May 22, 2013: Northwest Healthcare Response Network Business Resiliency Workshop
This one-day workshop is designed to will help your organization learn the fundamentals of business resilience. Participants will acquire the tools to help their organization stay open, or to re-open rapidly after a disaster, so you can continue to care for your clients. More information & registration
Are you a Medicaid provider who receives a 1099 tax form from the state of Washington? How you get paid for Medicaid services will change. Start getting ready now!
New Fingerprint Notification Requirements Take Effect March 1, 2013. See related provider letter
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- About Adult Family Homes
- Admission Agreement Attestation Form (DSHS 10-270) (Word Format)
- Adult Family Home Locator
- AFH Administrator 48-hour Training
- AFH On-line Orientation Class Registration
- AFH Building Inspections
- AFH Information
- AFH Rule Filings
- CR 103P – Permanent Rulemaking – Chapter 388-76 WAC – AFH Minimum Licensing Requirement
- Annual Fee FAQ
- Applications
- Background Check
- Caregiving Experience Attestation (CEA) Form
- Change in Licensed Bed Capacity
- Request Increase (Word)
- Fee Calculation Tool (PDF)
- Request Decrease (Word)
- Citation Frequency & Related Data
- Contact RCS
- Diabetic Test Strips - Reimbursement
- Disqualifying Drug Crimes – Exception to Rule Attestation Form (DSHS 15-418)
- DSHS Forms
- Emergency Preparedness
- Enforcement Principles and Procedures
- FDA Recalls
- Clarcon Skin Products
- Information about FDA food, drug and other product recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
- To receive e-mail updates of FDA recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts, visit https://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USFDA_4
- Sampco, Inc. Imported Beef Products
- Fingerprint Background Checks
- Flu Information
- Guidebook: Prevention, Recognition, Resident Protection and Mandated Reporting
- Health-Care Decision Making
- IDR Process (Word Format)
- Inspection Operational Principles & Procedures
- Insurance Information Requests (Word Format)
- Mandated Reporters: Understanding Your Responsibilities
- PDF Version (Brochure Format)
- Word Version (Handout Format)
- Monitoring Visit
- Partners in Protection: A Guide for Reporting Vulnerable Adult Abuse - DSHS 22-810(x)
- Provider Letters
- Regulations for owning and operating an Adult Family Home
Note: Always review AFH Rule Filings (above) for any proposed or emergency amendments- 388-76 WAC - AFH Minimum Licensing Requirements
- 388-112 WAC - Residential Long-Term Care Services (Training WAC)
- Additional Training Information for AFH
- Additional related Washington Administrative Code (WAC) – commonly known as 'rules'
- Additional related Revised Code of Washington (RCW) – commonly known as 'laws'
- Required Reportable Diseases and Conditions
- Sample Forms
- Side Rail Safety
- State Hotline Questions 2012 / Optional Incident Description Worksheet
- Training Information for AFH
- Tuberculosis (TB) Resources
- TB Screening Tests
- CDC: Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays
- Interferon Gamma Release Assays (Fact sheet)
- Testing and Diagnosis (Topic webpage)
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