Release Notes (ALC)

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Release Notes (ALC)

Joint Commission Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Assisted Living Community (ALC)
Applicable calendar years:
- Version 2023: 01-01-23 (1Q2023) through 12-31-23 (4Q2023)
- Version 2024: 01-01-24 (1Q2024) through 12-31-24 (4Q2024); March 2024        
- Version 2025: 01-01-25 (1Q2025) through 12-31-25 (4Q2025); January 2025    
- Version 2026: 01-01-26 (1Q2026) through 12-31-26 (4Q2026); January 2026   

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Release notes for the v2026 Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Assisted Living Community (ALC).

Date of Modification

Section

Original Information

Modified Information

Reason

6/1/2026

Section 2: Aggregate Data Dictionary (ALC)

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Edit:

  • Numerator (ALC-05b) must be <= Numerator (ALC-05a)

    • Edit message states: Value is the result of: Number of Direct Care Staff Employed (ALC-05b Initial Population) minus number of direct care positions or employees (ALC-05b Denominator) on the last day of month and cannot be less than 0 and must be less than or equal to ALC-05a Numerator.

Added new edit to Numerator.

1/1/2026

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n/a

n/a

No changes were made.

Release notes for the v2025 Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Assisted Living Community (ALC).

Date of Modification

Section

Original Information

Modified Information

Reason

1/1/2025

n/a

n/a

n/a

No changes were made.

Release notes for the v2024 Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Assisted Living Community (ALC).

Date of Modification

Section

Original Information

Modified Information

Reason

828/2024

Section 2: Aggregate Data Dictionary

Section 4: Aggregate Data Element Tool

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Added additional discussions in both Sections concerning the fact that the DDSP automatically calculates the numerator for both ALC-05a and ALC-05b in the submission form. The counts for Number of Staff Employed and Number of Direct Care Staff Employed, which are the numerator data elements, are entered into the DDSP along with the denominator counts so that the numerator can automatically be calculated by the DDSP.

This information already existed, but added more to assist in understanding.

3/4/2024

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n/a

n/a

No changes were made.

Release notes for the v2023 Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Assisted Living Community (ALC).

Date of Modification

Section

Original Information

Modified Information

Reason

7/1/2023

n/a

n/a

n/a

No changes were made.

 


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