A Perfect Fit
March 1, 2020
Caring for the Ages
The facility medical director role is changing. The days of signing forms, attending a meeting, and receiving monthly stipends are over. Welcome to active oversight, interventions for improving patient care, combating polypharmacy, evaluating and enforcing antibiotic stewardship, reducing inappropriate psychotropics, understanding the letter and intent of the regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services … and hourly rates for work actually done.