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National Health Care Decisions Day is April 16

Policy Snapshot
Advance Care Planning, Practitioners
April 12, 2018
National Health Care Decisions Day educates the public and providers about the importance of Advance Care Planning (ACP). Did you know that ACP services can be billed to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule? The Society’s Guide to Post-Acute and Long...

CMS Releases Updated 2018 MIPS Eligibility Tool

Policy Snapshot
Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners, Certified Medical Director
April 12, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an updated MIPS Participation Lookup Tool to check on your 2018 eligibility for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Just enter your National Provider Identifier to find...

Home Based Primary Care

Podcasts
Care Settings/Types, Practitioners
April 10, 2018
In this podcast , Suzanne M. Gillespie MD, RD, CMD, FACP, AGSF is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics/Aging and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr...

Effects of Legal Access to Cannabis on Scheduled II–V Drug Prescriptions

Podcasts
End-of-Life Care, Hospice, Long-Term Care, Opioids, Depression, Pain Management, Right’s
January 4, 2018
In our first podcast , AMDA-On-The-Go host, Dr. Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, FACP, interviews Dr. Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD. The topic of discussion is the JAMDA article "Effects of Legal Access to Cannabis on Scheduled II–V Drug Prescriptions". Dr...

The Prevalence of Burnout Among Nursing Home Physicians

Podcasts
Medical Staff Oversight, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Nursing Home Administrator, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant (PA), Social Worker, Therapist
March 21, 2018
This podcast features a discussion with Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF , one of the authors of the JAMDA article "The Prevalence of Burnout Among Nursing Home Physicians: An International Perspective". Dr. Nazir is currently the vice-president of...

Pain Management CPG, Pain Implementation Manual & Pain Management Pocket Guide

Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) and Implementation Series Bundles
Pain Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
This package includes the Pain Management Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG), Pain Implementation Manual and the Pain Management Pocket Guide. The CPG provides a foundation for a systematic approach to the recognition, assessment, treatment and...

Heart Failure CPG, Heart Failure Implementation Manual & Heart Failure Pocket Guide

Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) and Implementation Series Bundles
Heart Failure
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
This package includes the Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guideline, Heart Failure Implementation Manual and the Heart Failure Pocket Guide. Heart failure is one of the most common reasons for new or recurrent hospitalizations among persons over 65...

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...