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New Board Member Is Collaborator, Communicator, and Connector of Dots

Spotlight
June 25, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Victoria Walker, MD, CMD, a state presidents council representative on the 2020-2021 AMDA Board of Directors, is a collaborator and a “big picture” person. “I enjoy connecting the dots and looking at the horizon to...

CMS Issues FAQ on Nursing Home Visitation

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
June 25, 2020
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document on nursing home visitation. It answers questions about reopening to visitors, participation in communal activities, and factors to...

CMS Announces Relief for Clinicians Participating in the Quality Payment Program in 2020

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
June 25, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing flexibilities for clinicians participating in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in...

Data Underscores Need for Payment Models that Produce Better Health Outcomes

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 25, 2020
On June 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) called for a renewed national commitment to value-based care based on Medicare claims data that provides an early snapshot of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Medicare...

2020 Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
June 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted the 2020 Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report, which describes progress in developing clinician quality measures to support the Quality Payment Program. The CMS...

Do Patients Retain their Family Physicians after Long-Term Care Entry? A Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
June 22, 2020
Older adults value and benefit from the long-standing relationship they have with their family physicians. This dynamic has not been researched in a long-term care (LTC, ie, nursing home) setting. We sought to determine the proportion of LTC...

June 21, 2020

Weekly Roundup
June 21, 2020
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The Nuts and Bolts of Utilizing Telemedicine in Nursing Homes – The GeriCare@North Experience

JAMDA
June 20, 2020
We examined the demographics and the clinical profile of teleconsultations conducted between an acute geriatric medicine department and 8 nursing homes over a period of 6.5 years.

Home Health Services in the Time of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Recommendations for Safe Transitions

JAMDA
June 18, 2020
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led health systems to focus on hospital capacity, hospitals are emphasizing early discharges to prepare for and mitigate patient surges. This has resulted in greater numbers of older adults...

Education Is A Lifelong Passion for Pattee Award Recipient

Spotlight
June 18, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Education has been an important part of the 40-year career of Robert Kaplan, MD, FACP, CMD.. Combining that with his commitment to AMDA, he exemplifies what the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education is all...