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Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program Exchange Function Analyses Report Now Available

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 15, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a technical report to provide additional details on the empirical analyses that were considered when developing and finalizing the logistic exchange function that will be used to...

Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Antipsychotics, Practitioners
June 15, 2018
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 of the Partnership is the percentage...

AMA HoD Passes Policy to Develop PALTC Alternative Payment Models

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
June 15, 2018
At its Annual House of Delegates (HoD) meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) passed policy to develop post-acute/long-term care (PALTC)-specific alternative payment models (APMs). Rajeev Kumar, MD, CMD, the Society’s delegate to the AMA,...

COPD Study

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Physician
A team of nationally recognized long-term care researchers from Brown University led by Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, CMD, in collaboration with Insight Therapeutics, is conducting a study on COPD in nursing facilities. The study hopes to collect...

Bridge Gaps Leading to ADEs with New Webinar

Spotlight
June 13, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Adverse drug events [ADEs] are not only a tremendous financial drain, but they also can alter a person’s life. Patients need advocates, and clinicians should take on this role and do everything they can to keep...

SNF Provider Preview Report: Review Your Data by June 30

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are now available; visit the Spotlights and Announcements webpage for a list of quality measures based on quarterly data. Review your performance data by June 30, prior to public display on...

Reminder: MIPS Preliminary Performance Feedback Data Is Available

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
Visit the CMS QPP Website to View Your MIPS Preliminary Performance Feedback Data The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind you that if you submitted 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data through the...

Join CMS for a Webinar to Learn More about the MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
When: Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Registration Link: https://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=3536&seid=1111 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 12, at 1:00 PM ET to provide...

CMS Says Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that 91 percent of all clinicians eligible for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participated in the first year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) – exceeding...

Society Resolutions to be Considered at AMA House of Delegates Meeting

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has been a very active participant within the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates (HoD) for many years. The upcoming meeting on June 10-13 in Chicago, Illinois will once...