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Policy Snapshot
May 12, 2017
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a three-year extension for state Medicaid programs to meet the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements for settings operating before March 17, 2014...
Policy Snapshot
May 12, 2017
Unsure of your participation status in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)? Clinicians can now use an interactive tool on the CMS Quality Payment Program website to determine if they should participate in 2017. To det ermine your status...
Spotlight
May 12, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Reducing antipsychotic use is an important goal for practitioners and facilities alike. However, says Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, “...
Spotlight
May 5, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Randi E. Berkowitz, MD, CMD, may be a new House of Delegates Representation on the Society’s Board of Directors, but she is a devoted and enthusiastic Society veteran who came to the organization as a Foundation...
Navigating PALTC
April 1, 2017
My name is Heidi White. I am the new President of AMDA – The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. I’m from Durham, North Carolina where I am an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. How did I get...
Policy Snapshot
March 10, 2017
The Society has compiled a FAQ on the most asked MACRA, MIPs and APM related questions received from Society members. Click here to access it.
Policy Snapshot
March 10, 2017
Several Society members who have been participating in The Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents, that was launched in 2012 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), are encouraged by a...
Policy Snapshot
March 10, 2017
This week, the House Republicans introduced their legislation to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill, the American Health Care Act , was introduced through a budget process known as reconciliation and focuses on...
Navigating PALTC
March 7, 2017
We asked the Society’s 2016-2017 Board of Directors to tell us their predictions and hopes for 2017. Here’s what a few of them had to say: Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD I really want to share with you our celebration for an amazing 2016, a great year...
Policy Snapshot
March 3, 2017
A revised Transitional Care Management Services Fact Sheet is available. Learn about: Health care professionals furnishing these services and supervision Services settings, components, and billing Frequently asked questions on billing