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  • ICYMI: NCAL’s Bethea: Celebrating Assisted Living Means Strengthening Its Future
    9.15.2026
    ICYMI: LaShuan Bethea, executive director of NCAL, authored a new op-ed that calls for stakeholders to support assisted living and its essential role in long term care as America’s senior population grows.
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  • America’s Assisted Living Communities Celebrate “Shining Through the Years”
    9.13.2026
    Beginning today, America’s assisted living communities are participating in NALW. The national observance honors the individuals working, residing, and volunteering in assisted living and residential care communities.
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  • AHCA/NCAL Launches 2026-2027 #GetVaccinated Campaign With New Innovation Challenge
    9.02.2026
    Today, we launched its 2026-2027 #GetVaccinated campaign, offering resources to help long term and post-acute care providers prepare for respiratory virus season.
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  • In Case You Missed It: New Study Finds Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries More Likely to Leave Plans as Care Needs Grow
    8.26.2026
    #ICYMI: A new study that found Medicare Advantage beneficiaries were increasingly likely to leave their plans for Traditional Medicare after developing complex medical conditions.
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  • CARES® Methods Deliver Better Dementia Care and Lower Antipsychotic Use
    10.08.2026
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  • Take Quality Improvement to the Next Level: Become a QAPI Certified Professional
    10.08.2026
    AHCA/NCAL offers members the opportunity to become a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Certified Professional at a deeply discounted price through a partnership with American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing.
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  • CMS Warns Providers About Unofficial CLIA Invoices
    10.08.2026
    Facilities that conduct on-site testing under a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certificate should alert the staff who handle laboratory mail, invoices, and payments.
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  • CMS Posts MDS and SNF QRP Resources
    10.08.2026
    CMS has posted draft Minimum Data Set materials for October 2027 and resources to help skilled nursing facilities prepare for Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program reporting.
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