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Policy Snapshot
September 30, 2016
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted an Open Door Forum to provide details about the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value-Based Purchasing Program (VBP). The program enacted under the Protecting Access to Medicare...
Policy Snapshot
September 30, 2016
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to make major changes to improve the care and safety of the nearly 1.5 million residents in the more than 15,000 long-term care facilities that participate in the...
Spotlight
September 30, 2016
With a contentious election just weeks away, Society leaders hit Capitol Hill to address issues including advance care planning and the three-day inpatient stay requirement. “We had several goals going in, and we accomplished a lot,” says Society...
Spotlight
September 23, 2016
"People working in post-acute and long-term care are some of the most innovative, creative people in the world. They are stretched for resources and time and deal with the most vulnerable, complex frail elders. But they solve problems that others...
Weekly Roundup
September 16, 2016
Spotlight: Webinar Turns Education into Oral Health Success HPA: NEW CMS Overview of the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program MLN Matters® Article; SNF QRP Provider Training Questions and Feedback on MDS 3.0; New Data: 49 States Plus DC Reduce...
Weekly Roundup
September 9, 2016
Spotlight: UTI Study Presents Opportunity to be on Cutting Edge HPA: CMS Announces Plans to Eliminate MIPS Penalties; SNF 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmission Measure — Updated; Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet from CMS; Observation Stays...
Weekly Roundup
August 26, 2016
Spotlight: Advanced Curriculum is Always New for this Veteran Attendee HPA: Society Joins Others in Urging CMS to Restore the Refinement Panel; Next Generation Accountable Care Organization – Implementation MLN Matters® Article — New
Policy Snapshot
September 16, 2016
Between 2010 and 2015, readmission rates fell by 8 percent nationally. On September 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new data showing how these improvements are helping Medicare patients across all 50 states and...
Spotlight
September 16, 2016
“We need to find a way to triage it and work as an educated team to address oral health in this setting,” says Leonard Brennan, DMD, who will present a webinar on the topic on October 26. Oral care won’t happen, says Dr. Brennan, if caregivers dread...
Navigating PALTC
September 14, 2016
This election season, let’s make sure that it’s easy for all post-acute and long-term care residents to exercise their right to vote. Hi, I’m Chris Laxton, the Executive Director of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Did...