Rides for loved ones a reasonable benefit, AHCA claims
By
John O'Connor
Dec 08, 2014
Operators should be able to offer free or discounted rides to the loved ones of residents being transported to skilled care facilities, asserts a letter from the American Health Care Association.
New healthcare coalition to push Congress for workforce, immigration solutions
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2023
The American Health Care Association is one of several groups representing different healthcare sectors that are uniting to push Congress into acting on critical workforce and immigration solutions.
AHCA members get ready to lobby Congress
May 24, 2013
Members of the American Health Care Association will be spending the next week preparing their best lobbying pitches in advance of the group’s “Capitol Hill Fly-in” event June 3-4. The...
Nation’s largest nursing home association to hold annual meeting in Tampa
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 05, 2012
Members of the American Health Care Association will gather Sunday through Wednesday in Tampa for the group’s 63rd annual convention and expo. Keynote speakers include best-selling business author...
AHCA members flying to Washington to lobby for cancellation of funding cuts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 12, 2012
As fiscal cliff negotiations continue, nine state chapters of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have sent representatives to meet with lawmakers in the nation’s...
Nursing home group heightens lobbying for Medicaid funding before November elections
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 11, 2012
Preserving Medicaid funding remains the top priority for the largest nursing home association in the United States as Congress heads back into session this week.
Congressmen, AHCA/NCAL leaders to address ‘fly-in’ visitors
Jun 01, 2017
State execs, providers and other top long-term care leaders will visit their members of Congress during the American Health Care Association’s Congressional “fly-in” event Monday and...
64th annual AHCA/NCAL show heads to Phoenix
Oct 04, 2013
Long-term care operators and top managers will be making their way to Phoenix this weekend through Wednesday to attend the 64th annual AHCA/NCAL exhibition and expo. Hosted by the largest nursing home...
Nursing homes announce campaign to lessen poor outcomes, decrease employee turnover
By
John Hall
May 08, 2015
Increasing staff stability, adopting a customer satisfaction questionnaire, reducing unintended healthcare outcomes, reducing hospital readmissions, improving discharges to the community, and adopting...
Staffing rule could bring system ‘collapse,’ providers say, but CMS stands firm
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 27, 2023
Nursing homes’ leading lobbying organization unloaded a full, research-backed attack on the viability of the White House’s proposed staffing mandate Tuesday. But the administration was unmoved, and...