American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living

Latest News from AHCA/NCAL
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  • Providers Across the Country Celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week
    5.11.2025
    Today marks the beginning of National Skilled Nursing Care Week® (NSNCW), which will continue through Saturday, May 17. Using storytelling to bridge connections across generations, this year's theme, Tapestry of Life.
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  • ‘Ageless Adventure’ Revealed as Theme for National Assisted Living Week 2025
    5.07.2025
    NCAL has revealed Ageless Adventure as this year’s theme for National Assisted Living Week® 2025. The national celebration to take place Sept. 7-13, 2025
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  • What They Are Saying: Policymakers, Researchers, & Health Care Leaders Emphasize The Importance Of Protecting Medicaid Provider Taxes
    5.01.2025
    Read what policymakers, nursing home and health care leaders, and researchers are saying about Medicaid provider taxes.
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  • AHCA Releases Statement on FY 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
    4.11.2025
    AHCA released a statement today in response to the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2026 proposed by the CMS.
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  • Reconciliation Update
    5.14.2025
    The House E&C Committee released a legislative proposal for the budget reconciliation bill that it has been marking since yesterday. As of Wednesday morning, no new amendments critical to LTC have been approved. 
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  • 2024 National Nursing Workforce Survey
    5.14.2025
    Every two years, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers conduct the largest national survey of the U.S. nursing workforce.
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  • Upcoming: Second Implementation Date for Nondiscrimination Rules
    5.13.2025
    Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Civil Rights, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released two new rules advancing protections against discrimination in health care.
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  • The Shift Coach Program: Teaching Nursing Leadership and Infection Preventionists to become Infection Control Champions
    5.13.2025
    Born out of the CDC Project Firstline and modeled on Brown University’s I CAN initiative, the Shift Coach Program speaks directly to IPs and nursing leadership.
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