As Congress returns from a two-week recess and committees now begin developing detailed legislation, it is critical that we make our voices heard. We must ensure...
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The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) is conducting a
3-minute salary survey to gather valuable insights and feedback.
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AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Cliff Porter
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The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released two action briefings.
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HCAM’s national affiliate, the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) will host its annual convention, Delivering Solutions 2025, in Las Vegas, October 19-22
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As a reminder, the 2025 Quality Award Portal and Intent to Apply (ITA) process is now open. Members who plan to apply for a National...
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Monday, October 13, marked the official first day of Clif Porter’s tenure as President and CEO of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted...
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AHCA/NCAL is hosting a free webinar on September 24 at 1 p.m. ET featuring Incite Strategic Partners. "Beyond Savings – What You Should be Getting...
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As we previously shared, AHCA/NCAL President & CEO Mark Parkinson will retire later this year. We were fortunate to have him provide a national update...
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AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson recently shared an insightful update on several matters impacting providers including a COVID recovery update, a policy update, information...
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To help you prepare for the 2024 Silver National Quality Award announcement tomorrow, June 27, AHCA's Silver Award Toolkit is now available. You can access the...
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AHCA is excited to announce an enhancement to the AHCA/NCAL website that empowers all members to create their own profiles and login credentials. This feature...
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AHCA/NCAL members are strongly encouraged to nominate those in their community who go above and beyond to provide exceptional service in the long-term care profession. The NCAL...
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Registration is open for AHCA/NCAL’s Congressional Briefing scheduled for June 3 and 4 in Washington, D.C. Meeting with your representatives is an important way to...
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Do you have people in your organization who would make great leaders? If so, please consider nominating them or yourself for AHCA/NCAL's Future Leaders program. Each...
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If you missed the chance to participate in AHCA’s workforce webinar, it’s not too late to receive the helpful information that was provided! The archived recording...
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AHCA recently released a webinar recording on best practices for submitting data to the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ). Speakers included two members of the AHCA...
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American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) President and CEO Mark Parkinson announced that he will retire in January 2025. As the head of our...
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Be sure to apply for the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) by Friday, February 16, 2024. DELP, with its...
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AHCA/NCAL will hold a webinar series focused on workforce-related matters impacting long-term care providers. This series will focus on issues including: Career ladders Getting more youth interested...
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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s final rule, “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” took effect January 1, 2024. It does not change what information LTC...
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The deadline to submit a 2024 National Quality Award application is fast approaching on Thursday, January 25 at 8 p.m. EST. Be sure to check out this...
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It's not too late! If you have not applied for a 2024 National Quality Award, you still have a very small window to do so....
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On the AHCA/NCAL Quality Award Journey? Latest 'Your Quality Initiative Progress' Reports Are Now Available (SNF/AL) "Your Quality Initiative" reports are published semi-annually and include...
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Calling All Facility Leadership, DONs, Administrators and Staff! Learn everything that you need to know about Facility Assessments, which are mentioned more than 100 times...
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In the CMS minimum staffing proposed rule, CMS requests comments on an alternative total nurse staffing standard of 3.48 hours per resident day (HPRD). We appreciate...
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Have you ever wondered about getting involved in the National Quality Award Program? Below are three ways in which you can get involved with the...
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Long-term care providers nationwide are improving lives daily through the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) National Quality Award Program. The program...
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The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award program, 2024 National Quality Award Intent to Apply (ITA) is now open! HCAM encourages members who are planning to apply for...
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The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program is a three-level process that evaluates long term care organizations capabilities against nationally recognized standards for excellence, making it...
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The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) President and CEO Mark Parkinson sent a letter to President Biden underscoring serious concerns regarding a...
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AHCA released the 2024 AHCA/NCAL Quality Award Application yesterday, June 27, on the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Awards. Please visit the Quality Award website to access: Bronze, Silver and...
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Several HCAM staff and board members joined more than 500 industry colleagues last week in Washington, D.C. at the 2023 AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing. We had...
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Your Top-Line is a LTC Trend Tracker℠ publication that includes metrics and graphics outlining skilled nursing center's progress on Five Star performance, the AHCA/NCAL Quality...
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AHCA/NCAL will host a webinar on May 18 at 1 p.m. ET to share information on its new workforce recruitment campaign – Careers in Caring....
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AHCA/NCAL published a series of new resources to assist members in operationalizing and optimizing their QAPI programs. The resources include the following: QM Drilldown Quick Reference Tool Rehospitalizations...
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Workforce Update – New Refugee Partnership (SNF/AL) AHCA is partnering with various groups on workforce needs. Most recently, they connected with the Tent Partnership for Refugees. This groups...
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Members can now access the recording of last week's webinar with AHCA President and CEO Mark Parkinson reviewing key details of the FY24 skilled nursing facility (SNF) proposed payment...
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Beginning Friday, March 24 at 9 p.m. ET, there will be a planned upgrade to AHCA/NCAL's Secure Access Management Service (SAMS) database. This may potentially impact nursing home...
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If you are interested in learning more about developing a comprehensive Emergency Preparedness plan, AHCA/NCAL has a free member webinar available: Developing and Maintaining a Comprehensive...
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The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is excited to announce that the 2023 National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) Planning Guide and products are now available. NSNCW...
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AHCA is kicking off 2023 with a grassroots campaign to CMS regarding the minimum staffing mandate. CMS's proposed minimum staff rule will be released in...
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AHCA announced their Careers in Caring campaign to press today, January 11. Careers in Caring is an AHCA/NCAL initiative to provide resources for members to help with their hiring...
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Congress passed the FY 2023 budget, preventing a government shutdown. AHCA flagged two items of note in the 4,000-plus page budget: SNFs and ALs have...
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AHCA/NCAL recently hosted a member webinar focused on practical steps LTC facilities and assisted living communities can take to prepare for the increase in respiratory viruses anticipated...
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AHCA/NCAL is asking providers (SNF, AL, ID/DD) to complete a survey to see how long term care is faring. Providers will be asked about a few topics,...
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AHCA developed three resources to aid skilled nursing members in supporting emergency preparedness and life safety efforts: Emergency Preparedness Guide – This webinar assists organizations in...
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Currently, approximately 1,000 skilled nursing facilities are participating in AHCA's newly created LTC Data Cooperative. The cooperative is a provider-led initiative that gathers EMR data...
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The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra...
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Engaged teams, improved outcomes, increased census, better survey results — all of these are hallmarks of AHCA/NCAL Quality Award recipients. If you are looking for a...
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The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) is urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reissue a...
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Submit your ITA in the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program Portal between September 15 and November 15 to receive an automatic discount on the overall...
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The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program is pleased to announce the opportunity for Bronze and Silver recipients in their last year of the Renewal Policy...
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Advancing CDC Guidance Reliefs Just last week in my email update to you, I shared that I’ve heard from countless members that the continued PPE...
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In case you missed it, American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) President and CEO Mark Parkinson said that an unfunded...
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Dear AHCA/NCAL Members, This year at our annual Convention, we want to feature YOU and share why you love what you do. We will be...
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I usually send a mid-year update that summarizes the first half of the year and discusses what’s left. This year, our Medicare payment rule became...
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Dear AHCA/NCAL Members, This year at our annual Convention, we want to feature YOU and share why you love what you do. We will be...
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I usually send a mid-year update that summarizes the first half of the year and discusses what’s left. This year, our Medicare payment rule became...
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Click the links for month-by-month
Bronze,
Silver and
Gold Road maps.
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Congress is not required to act upon the report.
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National Assisted Living Week® (NALW) 2022 is quickly approaching, so make plans now to celebrate! Gerald Hamilton, Chair of the National Center for Assisted Living...
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Are you interested in potentially recruiting overseas or having trouble doing so for health care workers?
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You will need your AHCA/NCAL website username and password to access the pre-recorded webinar located
here.
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September 15 - Portal opens for application and Intent to Apply (ITA) submissions
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Report includes metrics and graphics outlining skilled nursing center's progress on Five Star performance, the AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative, journey through the Quality Awards program, and other necessary data to help you achieve your desired goals.
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Distributed semi-annually, this report allows you to review the resident populations for your center(s) to help determine the resources required to provide person-centered care and aid in establishing services residents need in both day-to-day operations and emergencies.
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The comment deadline is June 10, 2022, at 5 PM Eastern.
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Applications will be accepted through June 9, 2022.
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AHCA/NCAL members will save $200 off the regular $790 price on Gero Nurse Prep through May 31.
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The AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo is heading to Nashville, October 9-12.
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The information presented in this study is critical for industry stakeholders interested in understanding important trends, loss drivers and other factors impacting resident care and quality.
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CIAW will take place April 17-23
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AHCA is pleased to announce that NSNCW products and planning guide are now available.
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AHCA/NCAL supported letters to the White House on the exorbitant staffing agency rates issue.
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The AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit will be held in Kissimmee, FL, May 16-18.
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There is a letter on staff agency price gouging currently circulating the U.S. House of Representatives for co-signers that will be sent to the White House.
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Our year of recovery turned into another tough year.
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On December 3, the coalition sent
a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service regarding a request for resolution on long-processing of employment authorization applications at USCIS.
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The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is pleased to announce “
Creating and Nurturing Connections” as the theme for
National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) which will be observed May 8-14, 2022.
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ahcancalED is pleased to announce the launch of a new online training titled
PHI Coaching Supervision® for long-term care supervisors.
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A long term care coalition, led by AHCA/NCAL, submitted a
letter to the State Department focused on the workforce crisis, and offering solutions to the Department to help address the crisis.
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AHCA/NCAL released a statement before the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on legislation to better support America’s caregivers and health care providers.
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The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) provided AHCA/NCAL with guidance on changes of ownership.
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First, I’ll focus on the clinical picture. Second, I’ll talk about the business side of our profession. Then, we’ll get into all the action in Washington, D.C.
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