GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The field of post-acute and long-term care is “at the edge of a transformational cliff,” keynote speaker Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMDR, president and chief executive officer of the Special Needs Plans Alliance, told her audience at...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — In her address at the Friday morning General Session at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference, Society Immediate Past President Heidi White, MD, CMD, welcomed new members and stressed...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Physical therapist Allison Gustavson, PT, DPT, set out to determine the functional profile of a typical heterogeneous skilled nursing facility population and found that most patients are being discharged back to the community with...
A divided Louisiana Senate voted 27-10 to back a state operating budget of more than $28 billion that would make steep cuts across state government to protect health programs for the elderly and disabled. The budget approved on May 15 will protect...
Amidst reports of safety concerns involving pimavanserin, a drug approved to treat psychosis symptoms among patients with Parkinson’s disease, the Food and Drug Administration stated it has begun reassessing the safety of the drug.
We recently received a thoughtful letter from Susan Martin, MSN, NP-C, of Aurora, IN, that contained many kind observations about Caring for the Ages as well as some constructive criticism. Our Editorial Advisory Board used Ms. Martin’s letter as a...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Thriving meshes well with excellent clinical care, according to Eleanor McConnell, PhD, associate professor and director of the Geriatric Nursing Center of Excellence at the Duke University School of Nursing.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The competition among the four finalists was fierce, but in the end two sharks emerged victorious from a yearlong battle of innovation staged by AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Innovation Workgroup...
This week the Society took a significant step forwarding to addressing one its key strategic objectives by applying for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) MACRA quality measure funding opportunity. Earlier this year CMS issued...
