Elopements place nursing homes and assisted living facilities at great risk. When a resident exits the building undetected and the individual is unsafe to be out of the facility environment without supervision, it is very dangerous for the resident...
Regulatory changes impacting post-acute care facilities for fiscal year 2019 are expected to increase reimbursements while reducing bureaucratic burden, according to federal health officials.
Another summer has come and gone, and they certainly seem to be whizzing by faster all the time. I remember in my grade school years how summer vacation seemed to just last forever, even though it was always over too soon. I hope all our readers...
Four experts addressed evidence-based recommendations for assessing and treating urinary and fecal incontinence among older individuals in the PALTC setting at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference.
AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine held its third National Assisted Living Summit during the Society’s Annual Conference. This summit, in partnership with the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), brought...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join While the recent wildfires struck a part of California hundreds of miles away from his home and facility, they reminded Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD, of a time not long ago when a similar disaster threatened his...
This week, the Society joined the American Medical Association and over 150 other medical organizations in opposing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal to simplify evaluation and management (E/M) coding. The CMS proposal...
On August 27, CMS released an evaluation report for the first performance year of the Innovation Center’s Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model showing promising early results. Results demonstrated the positive outcomes in terms...
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback are available on the Quality Payment Program website. The payment adjustment you receive in 2019 is based on this final...
