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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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  • CMS Releases Updated MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual Effective 10/1/12026
    9.21.2026
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released version 1.20.11 of the Minimum Data Set 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument User’s Manual. The updated manual is effective October 1, 2026.
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  • NCAL Day: Where Assisted Living Comes Together
    9.21.2026
    There is a particular energy to NCAL Day.
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  • 2026 HCS Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Study Underway
    9.21.2026
    Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service is conducting its annual Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Study and requests your participation.
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  • How the Recent CDC Guidance Change Affects OSHA Reporting
    9.21.2026
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the CCDC have updated their guidance on COVID-19, allowing long term care facilities to simplify some of their processes.
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