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Latest News from 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 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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  • In Case You Missed It: New Study Shows Reduced Access To Nursing Home Care More Severe Than Previously Estimated
    2.18.2026
    #ICYMI: a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine confirms an alarming trend seen during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: an access to care crisis in America’s nursing homes.
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  • Senior Living Coalition Sends Letter to the Hill
    3.17.2026
    NCAL, ASHA, and Argentum sent a letter on March 13th to U.S. House Leadership that addresses a senior housing related matter included in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644).
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  • Is Your State's Medicaid Value-Based Purchasing Program (VBP) Actually Working for You?
    3.17.2026
    Medicaid value-based payment is already here.
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  • AHCA/NCAL Supports Effort to Reform Medicare Part B Therapy Payment Policy
    3.17.2026
    AHCA/NCAL has joined forces with a coalition of organizations representing providers that furnish outpatient therapy services under Medicare Part B advocating for Congress to repeal the outdated and unjustified MPPR policy.
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  • Policies, Procedures, Toolkits, and More Are All Free in HealthCap’s® Resource Center
    3.17.2026
    HealthCap’s Resource and Education Center offers a bounty of free educational resources and tools to help long term care providers deliver quality care and reduce risk.
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