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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...

Heart Failure Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

CPG Pocket Guides
Heart Failure
NP/PA, Physician
This quick reference provides healthcare practitioners and providers instant access to the current AMDA Heart Failure (HF) Clinical Practice Guideline in a clear concise format. MIPS HF Process Measures are included along with Outcome measures. The...

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...

Heart Failure Teaching Slides

Teaching Slides
Heart Failure
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
The slides are created for the interdisciplinary team (IDT) in language and format that can be easily understood. The warning signs and stages of Heart Failure (HF) are explained in conjunction with how HF is assessed, treated and managed. The ACCF/...

F18 - INCLUSION OF BUNDLED PAYMENTS CARE IMPROVEMENT (BPCI) POST-ACUTE ONLY MODEL 3 IN ADVANCED BPCI

Resolution and Position Statements
Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Resolution F18 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine advocate for inclusion of the existing Bundled Payments Care Improvement (BPCI) Model 3 Post-Acute care bundle in the Advanced BPCI...

B18 - ENABLING ATTENDING PHYSICIANS TO WAIVE THE THREE MIDNIGHT STAY RULE FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE WITHIN DOWNSIDE RISK SHARING ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGNIZATIONS AND ADVANCED BUNDLED PAYMENTS CARE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMS

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Payment
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Resolution B18 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, attending physicians caring for Medicare recipients in any setting shall be allowed to waive the three midnight inpatient stay requirement for initiation of skilled nursing care in a facility when...