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Delirium, Depression and Dementia (3Ds)

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
Dementia, Delirium, Depression
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Each of the 3-D's--Delirium, Depression, and Dementia-- represents a distinct condition that is observed in a variety of clinical settings. Get the latest information on all three in this newly updated clinical practice guideline. Hard Copy incl...

Direct Admission to Skilled Nursing Facilities

Resolution and Position Statements
Skilled Nursing Care
Physician
SUBJECT: direct admission to skilled nursing facilities INTRODUCED BY: Illinois Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine INTRODUCED ON: APRIL 2020 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term...

Second Update to CR 11152 Implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Driven Payment Model—Revised by CMS

Policy Snapshot
Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
April 10, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join A revised MLN Matters Article on Second Update to CR 11152 Implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy in Response to COVID-19

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
April 10, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering multiple flexibilities to provide relief to clinicians responding to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition to extending the...

UTI Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

CPG Pocket Guides
UTI
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Description: “Urinary Tract Infections in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting” is the latest pocket guide from the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Based on the consensus statement published in JAMDA in 2020, the pocket...

New Podcast Puts Nutrition in Older Adults on the Menu

Spotlight
January 9, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Nutrition in older adults isn’t always a pretty picture, but there is much practitioners can do to add color, pleasure, and positive outcomes to the pallet. In a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, guest John Morley, MD...

November 10, 2019

Weekly Roundup
November 10, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Phase 3 of the revised Medicare and Medicaid requirements of participation for long-term care requires skilled nursing homes (SNFs) to provide “trauma-informed care” (TIC). Whether facilities and practitioners are...

November 3, 2019

Weekly Roundup
November 3, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Caring for multimorbid patients comes with significant challenges and requires practitioners to successfully balance many issues and considerations at once. In a new Society webinar, Multimorbidity in Post-Acute...

POLICY UPDATE: END OF YEAR

AMDA On-The-Hill
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), Practitioners
December 13, 2018
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Taking the Mystery Out of Billing and Coding

Spotlight
November 12, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join If you’ve tried to read the CPT coding manual to brush up on your knowledge of billing and coding but find that you’re distracted or dozing off, you’re not alone. Fortunately, the speakers at a Society webinar set...