The response letter by Nash et al to our recent article1 raises the concern that the palliative care “lens” was missing from the patient vignette. We would note that the case described a patient who has moderate dementia and thus, we would not...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It’s not unusual for AMDA to tackle challenging, even controversial, issues, so it’s not surprising that the organization took on the use of marijuana in nursing homes and developed a well-thought-out, researched...
The Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act (H.R. 4468) is bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Ron Estes (R-KS), that will help address the critical shortage of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) by ensuring that CNAs...
The November 2019 State Survey Agency Directors Memorandum includes infection control information and basic practices to improve resident safety and quality in nursing homes. Read the memo and log in to the Quality, Safety & Education Portal ,...
A new draft version of the MDS 3.0 Item Set Change History for October 2020 (v1.18.0) is available. Visit the MDS 3.0 Technical Information webpage for more information. AMDA is currently reviewing changes in MDS and will provide updates as...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working on new improvements to Medicare.gov to help patients find health care providers in different settings across the care continuum. Later this year, CMS plans to launch a simplified and...
Hundreds of policy makers, thought leaders, vendors, and other stakeholders interested in the future direction of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT gathered last week in Washington, DC, for the ONC Annual Meeting. The...
Efforts to rebalance long-term services and supports (LTSS) toward increased home- and community-based services (HCBS) will engage and affect multiple stakeholder groups, including governmental stakeholders (eg, Medicaid administrators) and diverse...
