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Know-It-All™ When You’re Called Diagnosing System

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Physician
A one-of-a-kind, 200-plus page guide on change of conditions for attending practitioners. Content is organized alphabetically by condition and includes the specific data they should be receiving from the nurse, suggested geriatric diagnoses related...

Know-it-All™ Before You Call Data Collection System in the PALTC & Assisted Living Setting

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Attending Physician, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
A series of data collection cards intended to help nursing staff physically evaluate patients and collect relevant medical history and related medical record data before notifying a practitioner about a resident’s change in condition. This allows...

Multidisciplinary Medication Management Manual

Textbook
Medication, Medication Management, Practitioners, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Medication management is an important part of quality care in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting. Despite the best efforts of dedicated practitioners and interdisciplinary team leaders, however, it is difficult to eliminate medication...

Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors

Practice Management Tools
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, F-Tags, Survey, Surveyor Guidance, Practice Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors is an indispensable resource tool for medical directors, attending physicians, and other post-acute and long-term care practitioners...

Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates

Practice Management Tools
End-of-Life, Practice Management
NP/PA, Physician
Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-...

Guide to Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Coding, Reimbursement, and Documentation

Practice Management Tools
Advance Care Planning, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Extensively updated to reflect major E/M coding changes for 2023, The Guide to Post-Acute and Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement, and Documentation, is a popular and must-have publication that contains important documentation and medical decision...

Starting & Maintaining a Long-Term Care Ethics Committee Tool Kit

Practice Management Tools
Ethics, Practice Management, Medical Director
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
The AMDA Tool Kit for Starting & Maintaining a Long-Term Care Ethics Committee provides a comprehensive guide to medical directors and others working in post-acute and long-term care who encounter ethical issues that need attention. The tool kit...

AMDA Model Medical Director Agreement and Supplemental Materials: Medical Director of a Nursing Facility

Practice Management Tools
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), F-Tags, Practice Management, Medical Director
Physician
This package serves as a guide for agreements for medical director services in nursing facilities. It includes a model agreement between the medical director and the nursing facility; performance requirements and the roles and responsibilities of a...

The Younger Adult in the Long-Term Care Setting

Long-Term Care Information Series
Medication Management, Opioids, Mental Health, Parkinson's Disease, Younger Adult
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Long-term care (LTC) is no longer synonymous with "geriatric care." In the past 10 years, adults ages 31 to 64 have been the fastest growing population in nursing homes. The last national nursing home survey sponsored by the Centers for Disease...

Seizures in the Long-Term Care Setting

Long-Term Care Information Series
Seizures
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
The Seizures in the Long-Term Care Setting manual is intended to help the interdisciplinary team in the post-acute and long-term care facility to: Become aware of the prevalence of seizures in the PALTC population Identify the signs and symptoms of...