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The Search for PALTC Utopia: Annual Report From AMDA

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Imagine a world where all patients, residents, and families in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings receive seamless care and service, perfectly responsive to their needs and goals. A world where physicians and advance practice clinicians...

Caring Collaborative for Friendly Institutions and Communities

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Typically our patients come out of a hospitalization worse than when they went in, whether that be with delirium, a decline in function, nosocomial infections, polypharmacy, or medical errors. Despite efforts to treat older adults in place and avoid...

How to “ACHIEVE” Better Transitions

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
This is the epoch of Value Based Payments (VBP). Some in the medical community consider them wonderful, while others may feel they are evil. Regardless of our feelings, they are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Within that VBP framework, the...

March 29, 2020

Weekly Roundup
March 29, 2020
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The Society Continues to Advocate for Nursing Home Clinicians

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
Last week the Society continued efforts to advocate for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) clinicians. The Society joined other national and state medical societies to encourage lawmakers to include in the final “stimulus” legislation provisions...

AMA, AHA, ANA Urge Public to Stay Home

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
The leading U.S. medical and health organizations last week called on the American people to stay home to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and limit its long-term health effect on our country. The open letter from the...

CMS Announces Relief for Clinicians, Providers, Hospitals and Facilities Participating in Quality Reporting Programs in Response to COVID-19

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is supporting clinicians on the front lines by getting red tape out of the way so the health care delivery system can focus on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) response. CMS is implementing...

CMS Issues Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
CMS has issued an electronic tool kit regarding telehealth and telemedicine for long-term care nursing home facilities. This document contains electronic links to reliable sources of information regarding telehealth and telemedicine, including the...

SNF Quality Reporting Program: MDS 3.0 v1.18.1 Release Delayed

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
CMS is delaying the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 v1.18.1 release, which had been scheduled for October 1, 2020, in response to stakeholder concerns. Visit the MDS webpage for more information.

Health Data Sharing in US Nursing Homes: A Mixed Methods Study

JAMDA
March 27, 2020
(1) To understand the extent to which nursing homes have the capability for data sharing and (2) to explore nursing home leaders' perceptions of data sharing with other health care facilities and with residents and family members.