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  • AHCA/NCAL Launches 2026-2027 #GetVaccinated Campaign With New Innovation Challenge
    9.02.2026
    Today, we launched its 2026-2027 #GetVaccinated campaign, offering resources to help long term and post-acute care providers prepare for respiratory virus season.
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  • In Case You Missed It: New Study Finds Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries More Likely to Leave Plans as Care Needs Grow
    8.26.2026
    #ICYMI: A new study that found Medicare Advantage beneficiaries were increasingly likely to leave their plans for Traditional Medicare after developing complex medical conditions.
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  • Meade Named the 2026 Mary K. Ousley Champion of Quality
    8.25.2026
    Deborah (Debbie) Meade, CEO Emerita of Health Management, today was named the 2026 recipient of the Mary K. Ousley Champion of Quality Award by AHCA/NCAL.
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  • Nicolette Reilly Honored for Leadership in Assisted Living
    8.18.2026
    With over 25 years of experience, Nicolette Reilly was named the 2026 recipient of the Jan Thayer Pioneer Award by NCAL, the assisted living voice of the AHCA.
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  • Savings Every Day on the Everyday Items You Already Buy with the Incite GPO
    9.01.2026
    Incite Strategic Partners is AHCA/NCAL’s exclusive Group Purchasing Organization partner that saves long term care facilities money on food and other common purchases while raising the level of service delivered to residents.
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  • CMS Issues SNF QRP Non-Compliance Letters for FY 2027
    8.05.2026
    CMS is notifying skilled nursing facilities that were found to be out of compliance with Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program requirements for calendar year 2025.
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  • CMS Posts New MDS Education Resource for Assessment Types and Timing
    9.01.2026
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a web-based training that provides an overview of Chapter 2 of the Resident Assessment Instrument.
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  • CMS Posts New SNF QRP Training on APU Compliance Essentials
    9.01.2026
    CMS is offering a web-based training that provides an overview of the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program, including its purpose, structure, and the SNF QRP Life Cycle.
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​Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) Digest is a monthly publication for ID/DD service providers. Content includes information ranging from events, AHCA's ID/DD grassroots efforts, AHCA's ID/DD Committee focuses and work, and other important updates impacting providers and the individuals they serve in ICF/IID and group homes for ID/DD. To receive ID/DD Digest, please contact Dana Ritchie.

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​Not for Profit (NFP) News is a monthly publications for NFP service providers. Content includes information ranging from AHCA’s annual Congressional Briefing fly-in event, AHCA’s NFP Day at the AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, AHCA’s work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other important updates. To receive NFP News, please contact Dana Ritchie​.