Introduction to LTC Trend Tracker

LTC Trend Tracker is a web-based tool that enables long term and post-acute care providers to access key information that can help their organization succeed. This FREE service, available exclusively to AHCA members, allows skilled nursing organizations to benchmark personal metrics to those of their peers and examine ongoing quality improvement efforts. LTC Trend Tracker is AHCA members' one-stop-shop to gain timely information and valuable insight about their own performance as well as the entire profession's.

Where the data comes from

1. LTC Trend Tracker Data comes from data that Nursing Centers and Assisted Living Communities submit to CMS either through the MDS, CASPER (Survey) Data, or Cost Report Data. This data is populated into LTC Trend Tracker utilizing a center's Medicare Provider Number or community's NCAL ID

2. Organizations must submit their Turnover Data and Medicare Data in order to have access to the Turnover Report and Medicare RUGs report. The Turnover data is submitted via the Annual AHCA Turnover Survey and the RUGs data is submitted monthly and can be uploaded directly into LTC Trend Tracker

Supported browsers

Current Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. (Those browsers update automatically), IE 8 and onwards

Data privacy & security

Account administrators are required to accept the terms of the acceptance agreement to use LTC Trend Tracker. The terms of the acceptance agreement outline how users can use the data. All users shall have a unique login and should not share their login information with others.

LTC Trend Tracker policies

Users shall keep their user information up to date. The account administrator is responsible for linking users to the organization and each center/community, and assigning user rights to the reports. It is the responsibility of the account administrator to remove users that are no longer associated with their organization. In addition, the account administrator shall remove centers/communities that are no longer associated with your organization. At no time should an account administrator link a center/community that is not associated with their organization. AHCA staff will validate ownership status for each center/community. If an individual is found to be linking non-authorized centers/communities repeatedly they can lose their access to LTC Trend Tracker.