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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...

New York-Based Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD, Physician is AMDA’s 2014-2015 President

March 7, 2014
Press Release
Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD, became the 2014-2015 President of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine during the organization’s annual conference in Nashville, TN, last week. Dr. Gelman is medical director of Maplewood Manor, the...

AMDA Honors Top Physicians During LTC Medicine—2014

March 7, 2014
Press Release
Practitioners, Medical Director
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the AMDA Foundation announced top award winners during AMDA Long Term Care Medicine – 2014, the organization’s annual conference held in Nashville, TN, last week...

AMDA House of Delegates Votes to Change Name and Expand Membership

March 5, 2014
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
At AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine’s (AMDA) recent annual conference, the House of Delegates voted to change the organization’s name to AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. The House of Delegates also voted to...

AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine Statement in Response to OIG Report on Adverse Events in SNFs

March 3, 2014
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Practice Management, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
The core of AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA’s) mission is to improve and advance the quality of care provided to post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) patients. Much has improved in this setting over the years, and the recent...

AMDA Supports Repeal and Replacement of SGR

February 11, 2014
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Payment, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)
AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) supports the “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014” (H.R. 4015). We are pleased that the bill permanently repeals and replaces the SGR with positive updates that will...

AMDA Releases Resource Focused on Improving Oral Health of PALTC Residents

January 6, 2014
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Oral Health
Columbia, MD — AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine is proud to announce the release of the latest in our long-term care information series, Oral Health in the Long Term Care Setting Tool Kit , along with a free compendium of resources. Poor...