AGING AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION
Information for Nursing Home Professionals
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
FREE Hand-In-Hand Dementia Training Toolkit
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been made aware that some nursing homes may be returning Hand in Hand because they believe they will be charged money to keep it. CMS is requesting your immediate assistance to communicate with the providers in your State regarding the FREE distribution of Hand in Hand: a high quality training series for nursing homes that emphasizes person-centered care for persons with dementia, as well as the prevention of abuse. Read more...
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- Administrator Letters
- Applications
- Background Check
- Case Mix
- Citation Frequency & Related Data
- CMS Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Resources
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Contact RCS
- Diabetic Test Strips - Reimbursement
- Directory of Nursing Homes
- Disqualifying Drug Crimes – Exception to Rule Attestation Form (DSHS 15-418)
- DSHS Forms
- DSHS 10-237: Notice of Transfer or Discharge
- DSHS 10-238: Request for an Administrative Hearing
- Emergency Preparedness
- Enforcement Charts
- 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
- Flu Information
- Health-Care Decision Making
- IDR Process (Word Format)
- Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR) Request Form
- Insurance Information Requests (Word Format)
- Licensed NH Administrator Continuing Education
- Mandated Reporters: Understanding Your Responsibilities
- PDF Version (Brochure Format)
- Word Version (Handout Format)
- Minimum Data Set
- NH Rule Filings (Chapter 388-97 WAC)
- CR 103P – Permanent Rulemaking – Chapter 388-97 WAC
- View Permanent Rules (These rules become effective March 9, 2013)
- CR 103P – Permanent Rulemaking – Chapter 388-97 WAC
- 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
- QAN Protocol Format – Survey Results Summary
- QIS (Quality Indicator Survey) Project: CMS Revised NH Survey Process
- QIS Information Call – January 29, 2009 – More Details
- Related letter to NH Administrators
- Brochure (overview)
- Project history
- Required Reportable Diseases and Conditions
- Restraints
- Side Rail Safety
- Surety Bond/Assignment of Time Deposit Samples
- State Hotline Questions 2012 / Optional Incident Description Worksheet
- Training for New Nursing Home Administrators
- 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)
- Washington Administrative Code for Nursing Homes
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