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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...

February 8, 2019

Weekly Roundup
February 8, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As chair of the Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee, Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD, is always talking and listening to Society members about what issues and kinds of education they want and need. For...

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 Practitioner

Teaching Slides
Pain Management, Practitioners
Physician
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...

Interoperability and Patient Access to Health Data: New Proposals

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
February 28, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed policy changes supporting the MyHealthEData initiative to improve patient access and advance electronic data exchange and care coordination throughout the health care system. The...

Dementia Care & Psychotropic Medication Tracking Tool CMS Call — March 12

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Antipsychotics, Practitioners
February 21, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a call on Tuesday, March 12, from 1:30 to 3 PM on the Dementia Care & Psychotropic Medication Tracking Tool. During this call, you’ll be able to gain insight on this free, publicly...