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Alicia Ellinger, LNHA

Solutions Consultant, Relias

Alicia Ellinger is a Solutions Consultant and Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with 15 years of healthcare operations experience across post-acute and senior living, including skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, CCRCs, rehabilitation, and home care. She specializes in improving clinical outcomes, strengthening operational performance, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Drawing on her leadership background, she partners with healthcare organizations nationwide to deliver data-driven insights, technology solutions, and targeted training that enhance care quality, streamline workflows, improve survey readiness, and strengthen workforce development.

Posts by Alicia Ellinger, LNHA

CMS Risk-Based Surveys: What Nursing Home Leaders Need to Know and How to Prepare

4 min read | Posted August 14, 2026

Beginning September 8, 2026, CMS will implement its new Risk-Based Survey (RBS) process nationwide. The approach is designed to recognize, ….

Value-Based Care and Discharge Planning: Strategies for Successful Community Outcomes

3 min read | Posted July 15, 2026

Improve discharge-to-community outcomes with value-based care strategies for early planning, caregiver training, and safer post-acute transitions.

Staying Compliance-Ready in Hospice and Home Health

3 min read | Posted June 19, 2026

Every agency’s structure and risk level are different: learn to identify key areas that organizations can focus on to strengthen compliance readiness.

Regulations Available
Title 420 – Department of Public Health
Title 560 – Department of Human Resources
Title 580 – Department of Mental Health
Title 660 – Medicaid Agency
Title 680 – Insurance Department
Also includes titles for Labor, Corrections, Emergency Management, Licensing, and Aging Services (e.g., Titles 70, 185, 270, 750, 870)