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ABPLM Job Task Analysis Survey

Survey, Medical Director
Physician
Complete the Survey: be a Part of Shaping the Understanding of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Practitioners in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine have an unusual and important opportunity to help shape the body of knowledge for...

Long-Term Care Facilities: Reform of Requirements Call — October 27

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, F-Tags
October 21, 2016
Thursday, October 27 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects® Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. During this call, learn about the final rule to reform the requirements for long-term care...

Medicare’s Investment in Primary Care Shows Progress

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
October 21, 2016
On October 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative’s second round of shared savings results, with nearly all practices (95 percent) meeting quality of care requirements and...

CMS Announces New Initiative to Increase Clinician Engagement

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA)
October 21, 2016
On October 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new initiative to improve the clinician experience with the Medicare program. As delivery system reforms from the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare Access and CHIP...

CMS Finalizes the New Medicare Quality Payment Program

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management
October 21, 2016
On October 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its policy implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) incentive payment provisions in the Medicare...

Growing Strong with the Society Family: Renew Now for Special Discount

Spotlight
Federal Regulations, Practitioners
October 21, 2016
“We have to deal with many issues, such as state and federal regulations, that we weren’t taught in school. Those who practice in this field and yet don’t actively participate in the Society are missing out on a great opportunity. We desperately...

Be Part of History: Groundbreaking Survey Seeks to Define Specialty, More

Spotlight
Practitioners, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
October 14, 2016
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help analyze and define post-acute and long-term care medicine as a specialty field. It is a chance to contribute to an analysis that will create a widespread understanding about what we do every day,”...

New Data to Increase Transparency on Medicare Hospice Payments

Policy Snapshot
Hospice, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
October 14, 2016
On October 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a privacy-protected public data set, the Hospice Utilization and Payment Public Use File (Hospice PUF), which provides information on services provided to Medicare...

Recent GAO Study Finds CMS Should Improve Accessibility and Reliability of Expenditure Data

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
October 14, 2016
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released their report on skilled nursing facilities (SNF) where they were asked to provide information on how SNFs spend their Medicare and other revenues. GAO examined the extent to...

Your Family Is Waiting: Join Us at PALTC Medicine 2017

Spotlight
Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
October 7, 2016
Nearly every week, there are changes in health care. Payment reform is in the works and alternate payment models are popping up left and right. The best way to stay on top of all of this activity and connect with colleagues to share ideas, thoughts...