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During This Flu Season, Let’s Protect Our Patients and Residents

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Infections, Infection Prevention/Control, Influenza, Practitioners
November 30, 2016
For the month of December only, take 20% off of Immunizations in the Long-Term Care Setting and Influenza Immunization and the Health Care Worker (DVD) . Use code 122016 at checkout. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recommends a...

Help Us Meet our 1-Day Goal

Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
We want to bring 70 PALTC practitioners to Phoenix to train the next generation of the PALTC workforce. Learn more about the Futures Program here . It takes a compassionate and patient individual to work with the PALTC population. As you know,...

Antipsychotic Drug use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Antipsychotics
November 4, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is tracking the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes by reviewing publicly reported measures. The official measure is the percentage of long-stay...

Webinar to Focus on Implementing, Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship

Spotlight
Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, C. difficile, Infection Prevention/Control, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
November 4, 2016
“All of us need to undo some long-term brainwashing that makes people think that antibiotics can do everything or that they can’t hurt. We have to help people move from thinking about antibiotics as something to use ‘just in case’ to ‘only when...

Nurse Assist Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of All Unexpired Lots of I.V. Flush Syringes

Clinical Alerts
Infections
October 4, 2016
Nurse Assist, Inc. announced today that it is voluntarily recalling all unexpired lots of I.V. Flush Syringes due to a potential link to Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) bloodstream infections with the product. Please click here for more...

Federal Policy Brief

Policy Snapshot
Advance Care Planning, Practitioners, Quality
October 7, 2016
Last week, the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded at current levels through December 9. President Obama signed the legislation, averting a government shutdown. Both chambers are now in recess...

PALTC Residents Right to Vote

Navigating PALTC
Resident, Right’s
September 14, 2016
This election season, let’s make sure that it’s easy for all post-acute and long-term care residents to exercise their right to vote. Hi, I’m Chris Laxton, the Executive Director of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Did...

SNF 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmission Measure — Updated

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care
September 9, 2016
The updated Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmission (PPR) Measure estimates the risk-standardized rate of unexpected PPRs within 30 days for people with Fee-For-Service Medicare who were inpatients at Prospective...

CDC Releases Making Health Care Safer - Sepsis Vital Signs

Clinical Alerts
Infections, Infection Prevention/Control
August 23, 2016
On August 23, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on sepsis that will focus on preventing infections that lead to sepsis and the importance of sepsis early recognition. The report will be release as part of...

August 19, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Observation Status, Federal Regulations, Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation
August 19, 2016
Spotlight: Grading COPD Recommendations Health Policy Advisor: Society Comments on CMS Patient Relationship Categories and Codes Feedback Request; CMS Updates Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Ratings; Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice: Public...