IHCA is the State’s largest long term care trade association.  We offer our members a 24 hour member services hotline, national, state and regulatory news through our member newsletters, a number of educational resources, and advocacy at the state and national level.  We also offer access to premium products and services with a number of revenue-sharing opportunities. 

These are just some of the services that IHCA members benefit from.

Membership opportunities are available for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day service providers, adult foster care providers, individuals and businesses supplying products and services to the long-term care profession.
 
We encourage you to download a membership application below. It's the first step toward establishing a valuable professional partnership that offers the most current long-term care information, education, advocacy and discounts available in Indiana.

Questions about what IHCA facility membership can offer you?

Contact Dorothy Henry, Vice President and COO at dhenry@ihca.org to learn more.

IHCA facility membership categories: 

Regular Membership

Nursing homes, assisted living, adult foster care and adult day service providers
Health care and other facilities licensed and regulated under IC 12 or IC 16 and facilities not subject to licensure such as assisted living and independent living facilities. Facility membership with the Indiana Health Care Association also includes membership with the American Health Care Association (AHCA). Assisted living facilities that are licensed and regulated by the Indiana State Department of Health, as well as to facilities not subject to licensure and serving the elderly (such as independent living apartments). Assisted living membership with the Indiana Health Care Association and the Indiana Center for Assisted Living also includes membership with the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL).

• Regular “A” membership application 

Owners

This IHCA membership is available to any individual who owns at least twenty percent of the real property of a member facility, but who is not an owner or otherwise involved in the operating entity of a member facility or non-member facility.

• Regular “B” membership application

Membership Notes
Membership renews on a calendar-year basis and runs January – December.

"All or none" rule: In order for an individual, a corporation, an association, a group or other entity having more than 50% of the control or other authority over more than one facility eligible for membership to join the Association, membership applications must be submitted for all of the facilities licensed under: IC 16-28-2 and IC 16-21-2 if the beds function as beds licensed under IC 16-28-2; over which such control or authority is exercised or asserted.

IHCA dues are not deductible as charitable contributions for tax purposes, but may continue to be deductible as a business expense.

Per Section 6033(e) of the Internal Revenue Service Code, a reasonable estimate of 25% of IHCA dues and 30.40% of AHCA dues will be spent on lobbying and other expenditures subject to Section 162(e)(1) of the Code and therefore are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. 

The IHCA Board of Directors has final authority over any questions or disputes regarding membership eligibility.