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Quality Payment Program Participation Criteria Webinar — May 22

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality
May 19, 2017
Monday, May 22 from 1 to 2 pm ET Visit the event webpage to register. Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for an overview webinar on the participation criteria used to determine inclusion in the Merit-based Incentive Payment...

SNF QRP: Submission Deadline Extension - Now June 1st

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality
May 19, 2017
Due to extenuating circumstances, the reporting deadline for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Fiscal Year 2018 payment determination has been extended from May 15, 2017, to June 1, 2017. The MDS assessment data for...

Advocacy Easy and More Important Than Ever

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End-of-Life Care, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Resident
May 19, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Never has public policy advocacy been more important. That is why Society leaders and staff are burning the midnight oil to ensure that post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners and their patients have a...

Revised CMS SNF Billing Reference Booklet

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation
May 12, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a revised SNF Billing Reference Booklet . The booklet reviews common questions about billing in the SNF, tips and special situations. It also details common situations that happen with...

CMS Announces Extension for States Under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
May 12, 2017
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a three-year extension for state Medicaid programs to meet the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements for settings operating before March 17, 2014...

CMS Releases Lookup Tool to Help Clinicians Determine Their MIPS Participation Status

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS)
May 12, 2017
Unsure of your participation status in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)? Clinicians can now use an interactive tool on the CMS Quality Payment Program website to determine if they should participate in 2017. To det ermine your status...

Webinar Prepares Practitioners, Teams to Improve Behaviors, Reduce Antipsychotics

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Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Antipsychotics, Medication Management, Patient Centered
May 12, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Reducing antipsychotic use is an important goal for practitioners and facilities alike. However, says Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, “...

New Board Member’s Journey from Futures to Forward-Thinking Leader

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Palliative Care, Certified Medical Director, Quality, Measures, Transitions of Care
May 5, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Randi E. Berkowitz, MD, CMD, may be a new House of Delegates Representation on the Society’s Board of Directors, but she is a devoted and enthusiastic Society veteran who came to the organization as a Foundation...

Get to Know 2017-2018 Society President Heidi White, MD, MEd, CMD

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Practice Management, Practitioners
April 1, 2017
My name is Heidi White. I am the new President of AMDA – The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. I’m from Durham, North Carolina where I am an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. How did I get...

Questions About MACRA, MIPS, APMs in PALTC?

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)
March 10, 2017
The Society has compiled a FAQ on the most asked MACRA, MIPs and APM related questions received from Society members. Click here to access it.