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AMDA Joins Leadership Council on Aging Organizations

October 3, 2014
Press Release
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has been voted into membership in the Leadership Council on Aging Organizations (LCAO). The large coalition of national non-profit organizations serving older...

AMDA Supports New Goals of National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes

September 19, 2014
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics, Patient Centered
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine supports the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care’s new goals, announced today , to further reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in long-stay nursing home...

Laxton Named to Board of Examiners for 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

July 28, 2014
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care
Gaithersburg, MD - The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Christopher E. Laxton, CAE, Executive Director of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) in Columbia, MD, to...

AMDA Urinary Incontinence Measures Accepted for NQMC Publication

July 18, 2014
Press Release
Quality, Measures, Urinary Incontinence
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recently submitted 21 Urinary Incontinence Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Implementation Measures to the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) database. Quality...

AMDA Co-Convenes 2nd Dementia Thought Leaders Invitational Summit

July 8, 2014
Press Release
Patient Centered, Dementia
Washington, DC – Last week, CCAL – Advancing Person-Centered Living, The Eden Alternative, Planetree and AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA), all founders of the Dementia Action Alliance, convened the 2nd Dementia...

AMDA Pain Measures Accepted for NQMC Publication

June 19, 2014
Press Release
Pain Management
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recently submitted 22 Pain Management Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Implementation Measures to the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) database. Quality...

AMDA Resources Featured in Eldercare Workforce Alliance’s Older Americans Month Toolkit

May 13, 2014
Press Release
Advance Care Planning, Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) is proud to have several products, programs, and resources featured in the Eldercare Workforce Alliance’s (EWA) Older Americans Month Toolkit . EWA created the kit...

AMDA Partners with Consumer Reports to Release Resource on Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75

April 29, 2014
Press Release
Cardiovascular Health, Medication
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA), along with Consumer Reports, is proud to announce the release of a new, free consumer resource, “ Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75 .” The resource, a two-page...

AMDA’s Efforts Referenced in CMS Report on Successful Reduction of Nursing Home Antipsychotic Use

April 24, 2014
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD – In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) set a goal of reducing antipsychotic use in long-stay nursing home residents by 15% nationwide. Recently, the agency announced that this goal has been met. AMDA—The...

AMDA Applauds CMS’s Decision Not to Finalize Rule to Eliminate Protected Drug Class Status

March 13, 2014
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD - AMDA—The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided not to finalize its proposed rule to eliminate protected class status for several...