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AHCA/NCAL Provides Cost-Cutting Programs To Save YOU Money!

American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) members can now benefit from several member service programs designed to help cut costs on products and services that you use every day. Start saving money now with our exclusive member benefit discounts only available to AHCA and NCAL Members!


 AHCA/NCAL Insurance Solutions – MEC and MVP Plans

AHCA/NCAL Insurance Solutions has employee health benefit programs designed with exclusive AHCA/NCAL member savings and discounts. The Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan and fully ACA compliant Minimum Value Plan (MVP) options. The MEC and MVP plan options were designed to help long term care employees who cannot afford traditional plan premiums, or the high deductibles associated with many ACA plans. The Compass plans give employees affordable access to commonly needed and utilized health benefits at affordable prices.

AHCA/NCAL Insurance Solutions has an exclusive partnership with Compass Total Benefit Solutions. Compass developed these innovative solutions that are benefit rich, easy to administer, and are useable by employees on Day 1 to meet the business needs of AHCA/NCAL members.

To learn more about these plans and other available employee health benefits, please contact Nick Cianci, President of Compass Total Benefit Solutions, at nick@compasstbs.com or (860) 416-5333. Nick understands long term care and has extensive expertise in the employee health benefits field. He provides free expert advice to assist AHCA/NCAL members with all their employee benefit needs.

 Exclusive Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)

Incite_Tag_Blue copy.png​AHCA/NCAL is pleased to announce a new exclusive partnership with Incite Strategic Partners, a senior living Group Purchasing Organization (GPO). Incite and AHCA/NCAL have aligned to bring members a best-in-class group purchasing experience with a shared vision of excellence and advocacy for residents and the senior living industry.

Many high quality, recognizable, and trusted brands are on contract with Incite at industry leading prices and the Incite team provides analytical support to help your team choose the right product for the right price.
All facility and company sizes are welcome to join the GPO. Signing up with Incite is free and easy with an online enrollment process that makes paperwork a breeze. Incite features:
  • No fees
  • No volume minimums
  • No exclusivity requirements
Visit www.incitesp.com/ahcancal to learn more.

 HealthCap - General and Professional Liability Insurance

​HealthCap is the leading professional and general liability insurance company dedicated to the senior care profession. HealthCap provides focused claims management services and specialized insurance products serving the spectrum of senior living communities. HealthCap is the AHCA/NCAL preferred provider of liability insurance. AHCA/NCAL members receive:
  • 10% discount for AHCA/NCAL members
  • Lower claims frequency and lower claims severity than other major liability insurance carriers
  • Integrated risk management​
    • Onsite risk consult
    • Accredited in-service education – in person or on-line
    • Resource & Education Center stocked with policies, procedures, manuals and best practices
    • Access to QA Reader, our innovat​ive virtual risk management program
  • Exclusive and local industry expert insurance agents
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 Healthcare Academy® Requirements of Participation eCompetencies®

Phase 3 CMS Requirements of Participation (RoP) guidance mandates that SNFs develop, implement, and maintain effective training and competency programs for all staff. Training and competencies need to be based on each facility’s resident population and facility assessment to ensure staff have the competencies necessary to meet the ever-changing care needs of residents.

Designed to help skilled nursing facilities comply with F-Tag 726 under CMS’ Requirements of Participation (RoP), AHCA’s Requirements of Participation eCompetencies® is a digital competency tool that helps skilled nursing facilities meet CMS’ RoP requirements at all staff levels. AHCA’s RoP eCompetencies® program is interdisciplinary and relevant to all staff, and features:

  • 80+ digital checklists
  • Videos to aid in competency development
  • Compatibility with all devices
  • RoP Evidence-based competency checklists
  • Flexibility to add orientation programs and customized competencies
For more information and pricing, go here. For questions or to arrange a no-obligation demonstration, call (866) 323 4169 or email ahcasales@healthcareacademy.com.

 Knowledge Check™ 2-7 Minute Trainings

​Keep your nursing facility team informed, compliant and engaged – without the hassle of lengthy courses and scheduling headaches. Knowledge Check™ delivers engaging, concise content in just 2 to 7 minutes. This short video tells more. 

Knowledge Check™ ensures you can:

  • Learn fast with 2 to 7 minute courses
  • Check knowledge without sacrificing quality
  • Maximize training time and free up staff
  • Offer expanded onboarding and remedial training as needed
Topics include: 
  • Abuse Identification for Persons with Dementia
  • Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation: Mandatory Reporter
  • Back Safety
  • Compliance and Ethics
  • Chemical Hazard Communication
  • Elder Justice Act Overview
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Fall Prevention
  • Fire Safety
  • General Safety
  • Hand Hygiene
  • HIPAA and HITECH
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Person Centered Care
  • PPE Use
  • QAPI
  • Resident’s Rights
  • Risk Management
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Workplace Violence

Annual rates for the Knowledge Check™ program are affordable based on a facility’s total number of employees. Learn more or request a demo here about how HCA’s Knowledge Check saves time and money and streamlines training and recordkeeping.  

 AHCA/NCAL Gero Nurse Prep

Clinical competency is fundamental to value-based purchasing and LTC companies need to demonstrate their clinical strength to be competitive with ACOs, MCOs and their local hospitals. Clinical competency is also important to CMS in annual survey inspections.

AHCA/NCAL Gero Nurse Prep does much more than just prepare RNs to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) board certification exam in gerontological nursing.

It increases RNs’ knowledge of gerontological nursing practice. Gero Nurse Prep students see a whopping 24 percent average increase between their pre- and post-course test scores.

Taking the AHCA/NCAL Gero Nurse Prep course does not obligate a RN to sit for the ANCC Board certification exam. Registered nurses who are interested in increasing their knowledge of gerontological nursing practice can simply complete the AHCA/NCAL Gero Nurse Prep course, receive 30 nursing contact hours, and increase their skills and knowledge of geriatric nursing.

The AHCA/NCAL Gero Nurse prep course thoroughly prepares those RNs who want to take the ANCC Board certification exam in gerontological nursing. Gero Nurse Prep grads have a passing rate of 94 percent on the ANCC exam on their first try.

Research conducted by AHCA/NCAL in 2023 found that nursing facilities with at least one ANCC Board certified RN experienced:    
  • Lower rehospitalization rates for short stay and long stay residents
  • Fewer deficiencies on average
  • Fewer Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) citations
  • More stars -- twice as likely to be a CMS 5-Star facility (44% versus 19%)

Watch this video to learn more about the engaging AHCA/NCAL Gero Nurse Prep curriculum.

 CARES® Dementia Training and Certification Programs

CARES® has been proven to reduce the use of antipsychotics. CARES trains your staff in the evidence-based CARES dementia 5-step method, a person-centered approach to dementia care, so that they know how to identify individual triggers, mitigate causes of behaviors, and intervene with non-pharmacological approaches that support each resident’s quality of life.

CARES® offers AHCA/NCAL members exclusive savings on all CARES dementia training and certification programs for long term care professionals and staff members. CARES® is the only dementia care training to make extensive use of actual video footage of real residents and real staff members (no actors) for an authentic virtual training experience. CARES online programs include:

Exclusive AHCA/NCAL Member Savings

There are two great ways for AHCA/NCAL members to save. For individual registrations, use promo code AHCA100 at checkout and save $100 off regular registration prices. For site license purchases, save even more with the AHCA15 promo code and receive 15% off all site license purchase prices.