Committees and Councils

• Purpose: Serves as a dedicated group, entrusted with shaping the association’s strategy to provide robust and relevant resources for the Iowa care continuum community.
• Membership: Comprised of members representing the care continuum sector. The Care Continuum Providers Committee chair also serves on the IHCA Strategic Planning Committee and is a member of the IHCA Board of Directors.
• Meeting Frequency: Two times per year: spring and summer.
• IHCA Staff Liaisons: Brent Willett, Megan Stoulil and Brandon Hagen

• Purpose: Provide insight and advice on the association’s legislative agenda priorities for recommendation to the IHCA Board.
• Membership: Membership is subject to approval of the IHCA Executive Committee Chair. Special consideration for committee membership shall be given to graduates of the IHCA Executive Health Care Leadership Institute. Committee membership will be limited to 20 members per year. Includes one chair.
• Meeting Frequency: Once a year (in July to set legislative agenda), or as needed at the request of the committee chair. The committee chair also has the ability to form task force groups to meet on special initiatives as needed.
• IHCA Staff Liaisons: Merea Bentrott and Brandon Hagen

• Purpose: Oversee and develop organizational strategic plan recommendation for consideration by the IHCA Executive Committee and IHCA, ICAL and ICHC boards.
• Membership: Members are comprised of the IHCA Board chair, ICAL Board chair, ICHC Board chair, Single Facility Conference chair, Multi-Facility Conference chair, Assisted Living Conference chair, Residential Care Conference chair, Care Continuum Providers Committee chair, Public Policy Committee chair, Quality Improvement Advisory Council chair, Workforce Committee chair, the Strategic Planning Committee chair and Strategic Planning Committee chair appointee. The Strategic Planning Committee chair is appointed by the Executive Committee chair and must be a member in good standing to be appointed.
• Meeting Frequency: Three times per year: spring, summer and fall.
• IHCA Staff Liaison: Brent Willett

• Purpose: Provide insight and advice on the association’s workforce strategy for recommendation to the IHCA Board.
• Membership: Membership is subject to approval of the IHCA Executive Committee chair. Special consideration for committee membership shall be given to graduates of the IHCA Executive Health Care Leadership Institute. Committee membership is limited to 20 members per year, including one chair.
• Meeting Frequency: Meeting frequency of once per year to prepare workforce-related recommendations for board consideration in the strategic planning process. Additional meetings may be requested at the discretion of the committee chair.
• IHCA Staff Liaisons: Brent Willett and Dana Anderson

This group may also investigate the establishment of an HR Peer Group to meet member networking needs on HR topics.

• Purpose: Provide insight and advice on education offered by the association.
• Membership: Membership is subject to approval of the IHCA Executive Committee chair. Council membership will be limited to 20 members per year. Includes three chairs, one from each board (IHCA, ICAL and ICHC).
• Meeting Frequency: Three times per year, or as needed at the request of the council chair.
• IHCA Staff Liaisons: Dave Tomlin and Hannah Freund

• Purpose: Provide insight and advice on the association’s quality programming.
• Membership: The association offers two separate Quality Improvement Advisory Councils. The IHCA Quality Improvement Advisory Council is for nursing facility members, and the ICAL Quality Improvement Advisory Council is for assisted living members. Membership is subject to approval of the IHCA Executive Committee chair. Special consideration for council membership shall be given to graduates of the IHCA Executive Health Care Leadership Institute. Council membership is limited to 15 members per year. Includes one chair.
• Meeting Frequency: Three times per year, or as needed at the request of the council chair.
• IHCA Staff Liaison: Brenda Irlbeck

• Purpose: To offer activity services staff education and professional growth opportunities, promote understanding of the activity professional role, encourage teamwork with other disciplines and promote effective resident activities and family/community involvement programs.
• Membership: ICAP membership is open to any activity professional employed by an IHCA or ICAL member organization.
• Meeting Frequency: The ICAP Steering Committee meets quarterly to discuss survey trends and education priorities. ICAP also holds quarterly networking calls, a June Activity Professional Conference and educational tracks at events throughout the year, including IHCA’s Convention.
• How to Join: Complete this interest form.
• IHCA Staff Liaison: Dave Tomlin

• Purpose: To offer a no-pressure environment where long-term and post-acute care nurses can network and learn from each other. IHCA Nurse Connect meetings and calls cover bite-size compliance information, hot topic education and practical learning that can be implemented the same day.
• Membership: IHCA Nurse Connect membership is open to any nurse employed at an IHCA or ICAL member organization. Content will be geared toward directors of nursing, assistant directors of nursing, MDS coordinators, infection preventionists and nurse leaders.
• Meeting Frequency: IHCA Nurse Connect holds monthly networking calls, as well as gatherings at IHCA’s larger educational events throughout the year, including IHCA’s Convention and Spring Education Conference.
• IHCA Staff Liaison: Brenda Irlbeck

• Purpose: To represent and support medical providers, clinical leaders and related professionals working in various post-acute and long-term care settings.
• Membership: IPALTC membership is included with IHCA nursing facility membership. IPALTC content is geared toward medical directors, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and staff of IHCA nursing facility member organizations.
• Meeting Frequency: IPALTC holds quarterly networking calls, as well as a half-day event dedicated to physicians and providers at IHCA’s Convention.
• IHCA Staff Liaison: Brenda Irlbeck