AHCA/NCAL

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  • Aaron Test
    11.02.2025
    This is just a test
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  • The case for strengthening the LTC workforce grows: AHCA’s Ritchie
    10.22.2025
    It’s time for policymakers to help support this recovery through a multipronged approach. Caregivers for Tomorrow is a component of AHCA’s forward-looking policy agenda, The Better Way, to say to Congress, “There’s a better way to address the workforce shortage, and here are the solutions.”
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  • NATCEP: A Solution for Developing Nurse Aides in Long Term Care
    10.21.2025
    AHCA/NCAL supports the reintroduction of the Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act, which would allow these training programs to resume under certain parameters to ensure compliance and resident safety. This is one of the many solutions AHCA/NCAL has put forth as part of its Caregivers for Tomorrow initiative.
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  • AHCA/NCAL Launches New Workforce Campaign, ‘Caregivers For Tomorrow’
    9.02.2025
    Caregivers for Tomorrow, a component of AHCA’s forward-looking policy agenda, The Better Way, calls for investing in workforce development, streamlining career pathways and fostering environments where caregivers can thrive.
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  • New Data Highlights Improvements in Nursing Home Quality Care and Patient, Resident Outcomes
    4.14.2026
    According to our new report, nursing homes across the country are demonstrating meaningful progress in quality improvement.
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  • New Article Highlights Revolutionary Long Term Care Data Resource
    3.04.2026
    Today, we're celebrating the recent publication of work from the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative in a leading journal for clinical aging research, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS).
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  • AHCA/NCAL Releases Recommendations to Advance Accountable Care for Long Term Care Residents
    2.26.2026
    AHCA/NCAL released a whitepaper titled, “Advancing Accountable Care for Long Term Care Residents," which was recently shared with CMS.
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  • In Case You Missed It: Study Finds Medicare Three-Day Stay Requirement ‘Suboptimal’ for Skilled Nursing Patients
    2.24.2026
    #ICYMI: Researchers from Brown University recently published a new study on Medicare’s three-day hospital stay requirement, which purports to curb Medicare spending and the unnecessary use of skilled nursing care.
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  • U.S. Department of Labor Announces $85 million in Registered Apprenticeship Expansion Funding
    4.14.2026
    On April 13, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of approximately $85 million in funding to help states and territories fuel Registered Apprenticeship expansion.
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  • CMS Releases Updated Five-Star Quality Rating Program Technical User’s Guide
    4.14.2026
    CMS released an updated Five-Star Quality Rating Program Technical User’s Guide, effective with the April 2026 refresh.
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  • U.S. Supply of LPNs to be Short by 30% by 2038
    4.14.2026
    The U.S. HRSA workforce projection data from December 18, 2025, shows the U.S. will have 565,690 LPNs by 2038 but will need 811,640, equaling a shortage of 245,950. 
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  • Veterans Health Administration Begins Recovery Audits for Community Care Claims
    4.14.2026
    The Veterans Health Administration has announced the agency is starting recovery audits for community care claims submitted for Veteran and beneficiary care.
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