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Podcast Takes a Broad Look at a Short-Term Condition with Long-Term Impact

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August 15, 2019

Listen, Laugh, and Learn from 2019 Medical Director of the Year

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July 30, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Anyone who has met Charles Crecelius, MD, PhD, CMD, or had the opportunity to see him speak very likely has laughed as well as learned. That unique ability to simultaneously educate, enlighten, and entertain is...

Teamwork Bonds Physicians, APPs for Quality Care

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July 24, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join For years, there have been discussions about the role of advanced practice providers (APPs) in health care, including post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). While there is consensus that these practitioners—...

Society’s Choosing Wisely Champions Take Lead on Sustainable Change

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July 9, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Sustainability is the ‘magic sauce’ in quality improvement,” said David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, head of one of two clinician teams named as the Society’s 2019 Choosing Wisely® Champions. Dr. Nace utilized Choosing...

The 2020 MIPS Self-Nomination Period is Now Open

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
July 3, 2019
As of July 1, 2019, the 2020 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Self-Nomination Period for Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) and Qualified Registries is now open. Qualified Registries and QCDRs are Centers for Medicare &...

QPP Participation Status Tool Now Includes First Snapshot of 2019 Qualifying APM Participant and MIPS APMs Data

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
July 3, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool based on the first snapshot of data from Alternative Payment Model (APM) entities. The tool includes 2019 Qualifying APM Participant...

June 30, 2019

Weekly Roundup
June 30, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The June 10 AMDA On-The-Go podcast--Are SNFs Dealt an Impossible Hand?-- featured program guest (and Society president) Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF. Podcast host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, began by referring...

June 23, 2019

Weekly Roundup
June 23, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As medical cannabis use becomes more popular and prevalent in the United States, post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities and practitioners can expect to encounter questions, concerns, demands, and...

June 16, 2019

Weekly Roundup
June 16, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The Society’s House of Delegates (HoD) tackled a full agenda at its meeting during the organization’s annual conference in Atlanta, GA, and the group did so with energy, passion, lively discussion, and diverse...

How to Make the Good News of PALTC Newsworthy

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June 25, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The June 10 AMDA On-The-Go podcast--Are SNFs Dealt an Impossible Hand?—started on a bit of a discouraging note. However, program guest (and Society president) Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF, quickly turned the...