Last week the Society, along with the American Medical Association and other national organizations, joined together to write the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in expressing support for the policies finalized by CMS to address...
The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes (NPIDCNH) will hold a call on Tuesday, March 3 from 1:30 to 3 PM ET. During this call, learn about new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) toolkits for nursing homes:...
This is the second of 2 parts of a narrative review of nursing home-associated pneumonia (NHAP) that deals with etiology and treatment in the nursing home. In the 1980s and 1990s, the etiology of NHAP was considered to be similar to community-...
Dementia is a progressive incurable life-limiting illness. Previous research suggests end-of-life care for people with dementia should have a symptomatic focus with an effort to avoid burdensome interventions that would not improve quality of life...
Unplanned readmissions in older patients are a prominent and current issue for healthcare professionals and regulators. They can indeed be very deleterious for patients, leading to an increased risk of dependence and functional or psychosocial...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA has launched a new learning platform to enable members and others seeking education, information, and resources to get what they want quicker, easier, and more accurately. APEX, our new Learning Management...
This week, the Society joined the American Medical Association and others in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality measure selections and removal policy as...
The deadline to submit your 2019 registration and attestation information for the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program is March 2: Medicare eligible hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs): Attest through the QualityNet Secure Portal...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Explore Measures Tool for the 2020 performance period. The tool now includes 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures and activities for the four performance...
