LTC Trend Tracker is a powerful web-based platform for AHCA/NCAL members. It’s a one-stop-shop for providers, consolidating ...

CMS released the FY 2026 MPD, which outlines survey, certification, enforcement, and Medicare funding allocations for states, ...

Conducted by research firm Age of Majority, the Great Expectations survey of nearly 1,500 adults between ages 55 and 96 found that 68 percent are confident that senior living communities could live up ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted several key resources for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) for the FY 2027 and FY 2028 program years. FY ...

Staying on top of evolving workforce regulations is more crucial than ever for skilled nursing and senior living operators. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is driving some of the most sweeping ...

According to AHCA/NCAL, a provider-owned network may have two tiers: 1) the Messenger Model and 2) Clinical and/or Financial Integration. A Messenger Model allows the network to serve, as the name ...

Section R (which included several items for social determinants of health) was removed as outlined in the FY 2026 SNF PPS Final Rule.

Identification Information, item A0800: Gender has been removed and replaced with a new item, A0810: Sex ...

Michael Bassett has been named senior vice president of government relations at the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (ACHA/NCAL) replacing Clif Porter, who was ...

When it seems that everything is changing—new regulations, different guidelines, unknown timetables—we naturally search for something that isn’t shifting. In the long term care sector, one thing that ...