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January 25, 2019

Weekly Roundup
January 25, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Award-winning actor and educator Megan Cole is “genuinely excited” about the opportunity to present the Anne-Marie Filkin Lecture on Sunday, March 10, at the Society’s 2019 annual conference in Atlanta, GA. “...

February 15, 2019

Weekly Roundup
February 15, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Many cities claim to have something for everyone, but Atlanta delivers on that promise. Society members coming to the city for next month’s annual conference will find something just right for them. “We are...

Meet the Society’s New President

Spotlight
March 14, 2019
Hi everyone. My name is Arif Nazir. I’m the chief medical officer for Signature HealthCARE and president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. How did you first become involved with the Society? I first got involved with...

Data Interoperability across the Continuum: CMS Data Element Library Call on March 19

Policy Snapshot
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
March 14, 2019
During this call on Tuesday, March 19, from 1:30-3 PM ET, you’ll learn about the recently released CMS Data Element Library (DEL), a database of post-acute care patient assessment content mapped to nationally accepted health IT standards to support...

President Trump Releases FY2020 Budget

Policy Snapshot
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Practitioners
March 14, 2019
On March 11, the president released to Congress his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The budget request proposes significant reductions to Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years. The president’s budget is non-binding. Congress will now develop...

Congress Introduces Legislation to Ensure Medicare SNF Coverage and Stop Surprise Billing

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status, Practitioners
March 14, 2019
Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that excludes coverage of skilled nursing care for certain patients, resulting...

Pain Management in the PALTC Setting Teaching for Nurses

Teaching Slides
Pain Management, Nurse Practitioner (NP)
NP/PA
Pain management in PALTC is identified in a step-wise approach for patients in this setting with recognition, assessment, treatment and monitoring method. This slide set includes the general principles for prescribing pain medications as well as non...

NAVIGATING PALTC: OPIOIDS

Navigating PALTC
Opioids
February 13, 2019
Executive Director Chris Laxton discusses the society’s opioid policies. The Society's opioid policies Pain Management Task Force draft report CDC’s Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain CDC opioid guideline page

Research “Year in Review” Opens Annual Conference

Spotlight
January 8, 2019
The opening keynote address at the Society’s annual conference sets the tone for the meeting. It is fitting that this year’s program in Atlanta, GA, starts with a session that features Society leaders sharing research from the past year that is...

Opioids in Nursing Homes

Resolution and Position Statements
Opioids, Practitioners
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
.single { text-indent: 3em; } .double { text-indent: 5em; } AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has two primary policies related to opioids in nursing homes: 1. Provide access to opioids when indicated to relieve...