Long-term care leaders, investors to gaze into their crystal balls at Los Angeles meetings
Mar 04, 2011
A pair of investment and operations forums for long-term care operators and lenders will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “New opportunities, new realities:...
AHCA’s Parkinson ‘cautiously optimistic,’ despite sequester and other looming fiscal...
By
John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2013
A newly enacted sequester may be trimming Medicare payments to skilled nursing operators, but the sector remains strong and poised for future growth. That assessment was delivered Wednesday by the head...
AHCA/NCAL joins Aging2.0
Apr 07, 2015
The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living has joined the Aging2.0 Alliance.
AHCA promotes LTC Trend Tracker
May 29, 2013
The American Health Care Association showcased LTC Trend Tracker, a web-based software tool, at the Health Aging Forum on May 23. The forum was an interactive session hosted by the Senate Special Committee...
Certain Honeywell fire alarms should be replaced or inspected, AHCA advises
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 30, 2013
Long-term care operators should be aware of potential defects affecting certain fire alarms manufactured by Honeywell, the American Health Care Association stated Monday.
Largest U.S. long-term care association kicks off 62nd annual convention Sunday
Sep 15, 2011
The American Health Care Association will open its annual convention and expo Sunday at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The event, which attracts upwards of 5,000 long-term care owners, operators,...
AHCA names Myers new VP of policy and government relations
May 17, 2011
Capitol Hill veteran Jeff Myers is the American Health Care Association’s new go-to government relations’ lobbyist, the organization announced Monday.
AHCA incorporates new rehospitalization measuring tool into Quality Initiative
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 30, 2012
The American Health Care Association announced Thursday that it will employ a new, proprietary methodology for calculating case-mix adjusted hospitalization metrics for its members in its national Quality...
Feds struggle to provide COVID-19 tally for nursing homes: report
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
Weeks after CMS announced it would begin tracking outbreaks and deaths in the nation’s eldercare facilities, there are no solid numbers available, say investigators.
Nursing home residents dead after Missouri tornado
May 25, 2011
At least 10 nursing home residents and one employee were killed in a Sunday tornado that hit Joplin, MO. The storm killed at least 117 people, and may have caused up to $3 billion in insured losses to...