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MIPS APM: Resources from CMS for Performance Year 2018

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
April 5, 2018
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Alternative Payment Model (APM) performance year 2018 materials are available: Quality Performance Category Scoring Web Interface Reporters Fact Sheet and Scores for Improvement Activities Fact Sheet :...

Reducing Provider Burden: Send CMS Your Feedback

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
April 5, 2018
Medicare is simplifying claims documentation requirements so that you spend less time on paperwork, allowing you to focus more on your patients. Visit the Provider Compliance Group’s Simplifying Documentation Requirements and Reducing Provider...

Society Backed APMs Move Forward After PTAC Vote

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
April 5, 2018
Several Society supported Advanced Payment Models (APMs) moved forward to the Secretary for implementation after the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) met March 26-27 to review four proposed payment models. A vote...

Society VP Is Full Steam Ahead for His Professional Passion

Spotlight
Medical Director
April 5, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When he was in medical school, David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, knew he would be a cardiologist. But like many of his Society colleagues, an introduction to post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine changed his mind...

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Pocket Card (set of 5)

Practice Management Tools
Advance Care Planning, Practice Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
The Advance Care Planning (ACP) Pocket Card provides a quick reference to discussing advance care decisions with your patients. The professional is assisted in encouraging patients to consider the full range of issues informing the very personal...

Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

CPG Pocket Guides
Pressure Ulcers
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
A quick reference guide for healthcare practitioners and providers gives recommendations from the AMDA Pressure Ulcers & Other Wound Clinical Practice Guideline to assist the clinician in healthcare decisions for different skin issues. Surveyor...

Pain Management Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

CPG Pocket Guides
Pain Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Pain management in post-acute/long-term care (PALTC) is identified in a step-wise approach for patients in this setting. This quick reference pocket guide includes the general principles for prescribing and titrating opioids including opioid...

Pressure Ulcers Slides Bundle (Nurses & CNAs)

Teaching Slides
Pressure Ulcers
Allied Health Professional, Patients & Families, Physician
Pressure Ulcer Teaching Slides for Nurses These teaching slides are created for nurses caring for patients in the PALTC setting. The slides are presented in an easy to learn format identifying patients at risk, locations of pressure ulcers, early...

Pressure Ulcers Teaching Slides for CNAs

Teaching Slides
Pressure Ulcers
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
These teaching slides are created specifically for the certified nursing assistant (CNA) who is frequently the first caregiver to notice a new pressure ulcer. The slides are presented in an easy to learn format identifying patients at risk,...

Pressure Ulcers Teaching Slides for NURSES

Teaching Slides
Pressure Ulcers
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
These teaching slides are created for nurses caring for patients in the PALTC setting. The slides are presented in an easy to learn format identifying patients at risk, locations of pressure ulcers, early recognition of pressure ulcers and the...