Whether through mergers or by rewriting membership requirements, business groups implement different strategies to survive Parkinson Times were tough for the nursing home industry in 2013 when the American Health Care Association merged with a rival trade group, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care. Nursing home profits were down, due to changes in federal law and spending priorities. The Alliance had formed in 2006 after several nursing home chains had split from AHCA, believing they needed better representation on Capitol Hill. But after seven years neither group seemed to be making much progress. "We had a big turning point in an event jointly held by the two… Read More