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2018 – A Vision from the Board of Directors

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Practice Management, Practitioners
February 5, 2018

I’m Calling on You

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Practitioners, Quality
November 6, 2017
I’m calling on you to help us strengthen the future post-acute and long-term care workforce and recognize excellence in the current workforce. Hi, I’m Chris Laxton, Executive Director of the Society, and I am asking for your help. First, we need you...

House Passes Bill To Limit Medical Malpractice Litigation

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
June 30, 2017
This week, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 (H.R. 1215) a bill supported by the Society through our work in The Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA). The bill was introduced by Representative...

Society Opposes Better Care Reconciliation Act

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Medicaid
June 30, 2017
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine strongly opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act, H. R. 1628 (BCRA of 2017). The Society believes this legislation does not address and only worsens concerns expressed in response to...

Red Pills, White Pills, Blue Pills, Right Pills

Patients & Families
http://www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114(17)30205-6/fulltext

Advocacy Easy and More Important Than Ever

Spotlight
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...

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...

AMDA – The Society for PALTC Medicine Expresses Concern About ACA Replacement Legislation

Policy Snapshot
Care Settings/Types, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid
March 10, 2017
This week, the House Republicans introduced their legislation to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill, the American Health Care Act , was introduced through a budget process known as reconciliation and focuses on...

Predictions & Hopes for 2017 from Society Board

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Rehabilitation, Transitions of Care
March 7, 2017
We asked the Society’s 2016-2017 Board of Directors to tell us their predictions and hopes for 2017. Here’s what a few of them had to say: Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD I really want to share with you our celebration for an amazing 2016, a great year...

Senate Committee Supports Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act

Policy Snapshot
Resident
March 3, 2017
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently introduced the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S.178) . The goal of S.178 is to minimize elder abuse and exploitation, and to establish an infrastructure within...