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Participate in Quality Payment Program Website Testing

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Electronic Health Records (EHR)
September 1, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites representatives from organizations of all sizes to assess current and future functionality of the Quality Payment Program website , as well as make recommendations for improvements. We...

Incoming JAMDA Editors Fill Big Shoes, Walk into New Era

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Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care
September 1, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join For Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, and Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, the incoming JAMDA Editors-in-Chief, long-term care research and publishing are second nature. John Morley’s, MB, BCh, retirement from the position left big...

Nursing Home Facility Assessment Tool and State Operations Manual Revisions Call — September 7

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, F-Tags, Survey, Surveyor Guidance
August 18, 2017
Thursday, September 7 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. During this call, learn about the new Facility Assessment Tool to help identify and develop the specific assessment of your facility. Also, find out about...

CMS Sees Increase in Inpatient Skilled Nursing Facility Denials

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
August 18, 2017
According to the 2015 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the denial rate for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) increased from 6.9% in 2014 to 11% in 2015 due to missing...

CMS Proposes Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, Cancellation of the Mandatory Episode Payment Models and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model

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Cardiovascular Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
August 18, 2017
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule to reduce the number of mandatory geographic areas participating in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (Innovation Center) Comprehensive...

Passion and Perseverance Unites Hawaii Chapter with Society, ABPLM for Action on Issues

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Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
August 4, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “When post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners get together, they can accomplish great things. That can be a challenge when you live in Hawaii, where you might be hundreds of miles from colleagues...

CMS Quality Payment Program Year 2 Proposed Rule Listening Session — July 5

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management
June 30, 2017
Wednesday July 5 from 2 to 3:30 pm ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) ended the Sustainable Growth Rate formula and established the Quality Payment Program, improving...

House Passes Bill To Limit Medical Malpractice Litigation

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Practitioners
June 30, 2017
This week, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 (H.R. 1215) a bill supported by the Society through our work in The Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA). The bill was introduced by Representative...

Society Opposes Better Care Reconciliation Act

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Skilled Nursing Care, Medicaid
June 30, 2017
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine strongly opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act, H. R. 1628 (BCRA of 2017). The Society believes this legislation does not address and only worsens concerns expressed in response to...

Thanks to Foundation Award, Idea Becomes a Movement

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Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Quality, Improvement, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), Transitions of Care
June 30, 2017
Receiving a national award is an honor; but when that award lead to action, energy, heightened staff morale, team building, and improved quality of life, it becomes a movement. That is true of the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...