Your facility’s HCAM membership includes access to the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). AHCA/NCAL provides you with tools and resources, access, involvement in powerful advocacy, professional development, networking opportunities, and much more.
Requesting an AHCA/NCAL Username P3: Market Data that Matters LTC Trendtracker Preferred Products Education National Quality Awards
Requesting an AHCA/NCAL Username
Long-term care and post-acute care providers automatically become members of American Health Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) when they join their state affiliate association. If your facility or community is a current member of Health Care Association of Michigan (HCAM) and you would like to access AHCA/NCAL members-only information, request your personal login at update@ahca.org.
Long-term care vendors may join the Associate Business Member (ABM) Program, designed for those companies that share a genuine interest with AHCA/NCAL in furthering the quality of long-term care.
New! P3: Market Data that Matters
P3© is a SNF-centered report, available exclusively to AHCA SNF members, that uses hospital and SNF claims to track patient flow and availability in the SNF’s market area. Your year-long subscription gives you a critical understanding of hospital referral data in key clinical categories relevant to PDPM. You’ll get quarterly reports with key information that will help you compete more successfully:
-Hospital Referral Data
-SNF Length of Stay and Referral Data
-Market PDPM Data
-Top Hospital PDPM Data
Long-Term Care Trend Tracker
LTC Trend Tracker™ is a web-based tool that enables long-term and post-acute care providers to access key information that can help their organization succeed. This is an exclusive benefit for HCAM members through their AHCA/NCAL membership. LTC Trend Tracker allows skilled nursing organizations, assisted living residences and personal care homes to benchmark personal metrics to those of their peers and examine ongoing quality improvement efforts. LTC Trend Tracker is members’ one-stop shop f0r timely information and valuable insights about their own performance as well as the entire profession’s.
Preferred Products
AHCA/NCAL Provides Cost-Cutting Programs To Save YOU Money!
American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) members can now benefit from several member service programs designed to help cut costs on products and services that you use every day. Start saving money now with our exclusive member benefit discounts only available to AHCA and NCAL members!
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HealthCap is the AHCA/NCAL preferred provider of liability insurance. AHCA/NCAL members receive:
- 10% discount for AHCA/NCAL members
- Lower claims frequency and lower claims severity than other major liability insurance carriers
- Integrated risk management
- On-site risk consult
- Accredited in-service education – in person or online
- Unlimited telephone support
- Access to QA Reader, our innovative virtual risk management program
- Exclusive and local industry expert insurance agents
Gero Nurse Prep is an online training course designed to prepare RNs who care for elders to attain board certification in Gerontological Nursing (RN-BC) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This course equips RNs with a broad array of clinical knowledge, skills and competencies that are tested on the ANCC certification exam and essential for quality gerontological nursing practice and leadership of elder care teams.
Education
AHCA/NCAL Events. To meet the professional development and networking needs of our large and broad-based membership, AHCA provides numerous outstanding events and opportunities throughout the year. Targeted meetings and conferences are available to address the specific requirements of different constituencies. Whether it’s online during a webinar or in-person at one of the regional conferences or AHCA/NCAL’s Annual Convention & Expo, AHCA strives to create great networking and learning opportunities throughout the year.
National Quality Award Program
The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program provides a pathway for providers of long-term and post-acute care services to journey toward performance excellence. The program is based on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
Member centers may apply for three progressive levels of awards: Bronze—Commitment to Quality, Silver—Achievement in Quality, or Gold—Excellence in Quality. Each level has its own distinct rigors and requirements for quality and performance excellence.
Applications are judged by trained Examiners who provide feedback on opportunities for improvement to support continuous learning.
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