About OHCA

The Ohio Health Care Association (OHCA) is proud to represent more than 800 nursing facilities, assisted living communities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICFs-IID). The Association was established in 1946 to meet the needs of the state's growing number of long-term care professionals, which today totals more than 100,000 exceptional men and women who care for Ohio's most frail and vulnerable citizens. As an information and education resource to Ohio's long-term care providers, their suppliers, consultants and to the public at large, OHCA performs a necessary and vital service. OHCA works hard to keep our members informed about the laws and regulations governing the profession. In addition, OHCA strives to identify and communicate best practices in order to ensure continued quality improvement in long-term care. OHCA also works on behalf of the general public, educating state legislators, government officials, the media and consumers on the pressing issues surrounding our profession and the advancements we have made in the delivery of care and services.

As the largest long-term care association in the State, OHCA represents small providers, large providers, providers with both individual and group ownership, publicly-traded and government-owned properties, proprietary and philanthropic homes. As diverse as our members are in size and ownership, OHCA nursing facilities, assisted living communities and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded are similar in their quest for quality and for reductions in governmental oversight that continues to stifle individualism and innovation.