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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) represents the long-term care community to the nation at large – to government, business leaders, and the public. AHCA/NCAL is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 15,000 assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally disabled and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.

AHCA/NCAL offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, life, disability, and long-term care insurance, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, flexible hours, education assistance, and more.

AHCA/NCAL will not accept unsolicited resumes for positions not listed.

AHCA/NCAL is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

 
 

Our Mission

Improving Lives by Delivering Solutions for Quality Care

Our Core Values
We act with compassion and understanding.
We set goals and measure outcomes.
We seek opportunities to improve.

We are ALL Part of the Solution

​By delivering solutions for quality care, AHCA/NCAL seeks to improve the lives of all those connected with our member centers. We celebrate that those lives are not all the same. We are a stronger association and profession when a diverse group of voices contribute. This value is reflected in our actions and decisions. We continually strive to promote inclusion and equity for all those connected with AHCA/NCAL and the long term and post-acute care profession. 
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This includes, but is not limited to, people of diverse:
  • Race
  • Nationality
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender Identity 
  • Age
  • Religion
  • Ability
  • Education
  • Learning Style
  • Sexual Orientation, and
  • Professional Attainment

Accounts Payable Specialist – Accounting & Finance

AHCA/NCAL is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist to improve lives by delivering solutions for quality care by performing accounts payable and other accounting functions for AHCA/NCAL and affiliated entities.

Qualifications & Skills:
1-2 years of Accounts Payable experience preferred. Certification or proficiency in Accounts Payable processing a plus. 1-3 years of office experience. Outstanding computer skills.  

Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Receive invoices, credit memos, payment requests and travel reimbursements for processing.
  • Input or import A/P vouchers into PN3 Accounts Payable system.  
  • Monitor payables mailbox to ensure invoices are uploaded to automated payables system.  Apply company policies to verify vendor invoices & member reimbursements and determine appropriate routing through automated payables system.  
  • Review and verify PN3 items for proper amount, documentation, coding, authorization, and adherence to Organization policies.
  • Utilize Excel spreadsheets to capture financial data for importing into the automated payables system and to calculate/set up entries for Great Plains software
  • Apply company policies and IRS guidelines to set up new vendor files in Great Plains software, including obtaining W-9, if required, EFT information, and payment terms.
  • Other duties as assigned.

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Clinical Care Manager  – Integrated Networks

AHCA/NCAL is seeking a Clinical Care Manager to improve lives by delivering solutions for quality care by providing quality & clinical support to members of AHCA/NCAL Solutions Provider Owned Networks.

Qualifications & Skills:
Bachelor’s degree required. Clinical training or quality improvement training required. Minimum five years’ work experience in healthcare setting, post-acute/long term care preferred. Experience in an association or other membership organization preferred. Must live in Iowa, Nebraska or Minnesota. 

Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Staff network quality committees, including developing agendas, facilitating discussions and ensuring member engagement to facilitate achievement of Network goals.
  • Develop and lead strategies, initiatives and projects to improve how care is delivered and measured within network members.
  • Develop and lead quality improvement initiatives that improve quality outcomes and performance in state provider networks with a focus on value-based managed care contracts.
  • Identify, develop and oversee efforts to measure adherence to quality program requirements by individual networks, which may include clinical protocols, quality measurement, or other requirements.
  • Provide network members with the information, tools and resources to become more clinically integrated and comply with network quality program and quality contracts. 
  • Provide in-person training and educational sessions on topics of importance to network members. 
  • Travel required.
  • Other special projects and duties as assigned.
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Summer Intern – National Center for Assisted Living

AHCA/NCAL is seeking a Summer Intern to help further the organization’s mission to improve lives by delivering solutions for quality care. This role will support the assisted living team and profession in various ways, including providing direct support to specific profession-wide programs as well as researching various aspects of the senior living sector.

Qualifications & Skills:
Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree. Office experience strongly preferred. Outstanding computer skills. Research skills such as literature reviews and the ability to summarize information. Experience with policy analysis a plus.

Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Research and synthesize current and proposed assisted living legislation in various states.
  • Draft documents and materials for review.
  • Assist with various aspects of NCAL’s Quality Programs.
  • Assist with various aspects of National Assisted Living Week (NALW).
  • Research assisted living organizations and leadership teams across the country.
  • Other duties as assigned.
The internship will last for eight weeks starting after the Memorial Day Holiday and pays $20/hour.
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Summer Intern – Public Affairs

AHCA/NCAL is seeking a Summer Intern to help further the organization’s mission to improve lives by delivering solutions for quality care. This role will support the Public Affairs team and long-term care profession in various ways and gain visibility into the inner workings and aspects of the Public Relations field.

Qualifications & Skills:
Currently pursuing a degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, filmmaking, digital media, graphic design, or a related field. Excellent writing and verbal communications skills required. The candidate should be a self-starter, willing to learn and work on several projects at once and work under tight deadlines. Willingness to take responsibility and initiative to learn new things. Must have the ability to show good judgment, effectively respond and problem solve.

Duties & Responsibilities:
Depending on skillset, this individual will assist with communications tasks including, but not limited to: writing and editing, photo and video production and editing, web and social media analytics, social media content, graphic design, media relations, event support and other communications and administrative support tasks as assigned. Applicants with 2-3 of these skills preferred.

The internship will last for eight weeks starting after the Memorial Day Holiday and pays $20/hour.

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Summer Intern – Quality & Regulatory Affairs

AHCA/NCAL is seeking a Summer Intern to help further the organization’s mission to improve lives by delivering solutions for quality care. This role will support the Quality & Regulatory Affairs department by conducting research and providing support to the team.

Qualifications & Skills:
Junior or Senior college student preferred. Excellent computer skills including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Previous work, marketing, and research experience.

Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Conduct basic research on regulations and enforcement actions for specific focused areas.
  • Compile findings into presentable formats to include presentations and/or proposals.
  • Conduct basic research to support the work of the Quality Award team.
  • Support the development of promotional materials for Examiner recruitment.
  • Support the development and promotion of educational resources for the Quality Award program.
  • Other duties as assigned.
The internship will last for eight weeks starting after the Memorial Day Holiday and pays $20/hour.
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Contact Us
AHCA/NCAL will not accept unsolicited resumes for positions not listed. If you have question​s, please email us. 

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