When I am on site for a visit, I talk to communities about the importance of having a schedule to conduct preventive maintenance on various pieces of equipment throughout the organization. Recently I experienced this process firsthand as I boarded a...
The assisted living industry is fascinating, and opportunities abound to improve the lives of the fragile elderly. In this unique social setting, a diverse group of individuals is united by their need for assistance with managing their health care...
Determining the management of incapacitated and unrepresented individuals is a distinct challenge health care team members face in the post-acute and long-term care setting, requiring them to shoulder the emotional burden of making end-of-life...
LOS ANGELES — The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released a new version of the AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults in early 2019, and care professionals immediately began poring over its updated...
On a recent call with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), one of the CMS officials asked the leadership of AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine a very broad question: What pains post-acute and long-term...
CareMore Health, a network of integrated medical clinics that serves 150,000 patients across the United States, has long faced the usual challenges of getting patients to appointments. The neediest patients, such as elders and those with chronic...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The Executive Committee reviewed the results of the general membership survey regarding resolution E18, which called for expanding Society general (voting) membership to doctorally prepared non-physicians. After...
.main td{ font-size:12px; } On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that includes proposals to update payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the...
On July 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for FY 2020 Medicare payment rates and quality programs for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). CMS projects aggregate payments to SNFs will increase by $851...
Reimbursement in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is driven by the number of minutes a patient receives rehabilitation. Physical therapists' (PTs) clinical decisions in evaluation and appropriate treatment of patients drive the dosing of...
