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AHCA's Vision, Mission, and Ethics 


Vision

The American Health Care Association is committed to an innovative, accountable, accessible, and economically sustainable 21st Century health and health care system for every American which delivers quality of life through an appropriate spectrum of services which encompasses:

  • Quality Care and Services
  • Independence
  • Choice
  • Dignity
  • Respect
  • Affordability
  • Value
  • Reliability

Mission

We are a profession dedicated to transforming health and health care into a spectrum of valued, fully compensated care and service utilizing modern, technology-based systems, resulting in high quality care and services at the lowest sustainable overall cost.

Our goal is to provide a spectrum of patient/resident-centered care and services which nurture not only the individual’s health, but their lives as well, by preserving their connections with extended family and friends, and promoting their dignity, respect, independence, and choice.

Ethics

The Code of Ethics of the American Health Care Association articulates a set of values and behaviors that AHCA believes is an appropriate standard of conduct for the organization and its leadership. It focuses on what is right and ethical, and on our obligations to those that we serve.

Read the AHCA Code of EthicsPDF file 

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