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2021 Medical Director of the Year: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Spotlight
April 22, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “I think this award is really for all of us this year,” says Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, AMDA’s 2021 Medical Director of the Year. “We have all risen to the occasion and put compassion and diligence at the forefront...

Health Information Technology Challenges and Innovations in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
April 22, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spent over $38 billion to incentivize the adoption of health information technology (health IT) through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of the...

Community-Based Integrated Care Units: Intermediate Care Units for Older Adults in Japan

JAMDA
April 21, 2021
Demographic changes caused by the global aging of the population are leading to increased medical and care costs. Several models of care that avoid admission to general acute care hospitals, increased medical costs, and poor outcomes after...

Maximizing Efficiency of Telemedicine in the Skilled Nursing Facility during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

JAMDA
April 20, 2021
Telemedicine has rapidly become a significant component of healthcare during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and is particularly beneficial in delivering care to vulnerable populations in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). To limit...

Variation in Care of Community and Nursing Home Residents Who Died of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada

JAMDA
April 20, 2021
Worldwide, nursing home residents have experienced disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality because of the intersection of congregate living, multimorbidity, and advanced age. Among 12 OECD countries in July, Canada had the highest proportion of...

Telemedicine and Dementia Care: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators

JAMDA
April 19, 2021
An increasing reliance on telemedicine for older adults with cognitive impairment requires a better understanding of the barriers and facilitators for this unique patient population.

April 18, 2021

Weekly Roundup
April 18, 2021
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Society Joins AMA and Others in Urging CMS to Release MIPS Benchmark Data

Policy Snapshot
April 16, 2021
Last week the Society, along with the American Medical Association (AMA) and other national medical groups, asked CMS to immediately release 2018, 2019, and 2020 Merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) benchmarks. The groups also urged CMS to...

Upcoming CMS Nursing Home Stakeholder Call

Policy Snapshot
April 16, 2021
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on Wednesday April 21, 2021, at 4:00 PM EST. Register in advance for this Zoom Call : During...

New AMDA Vice President Has Rich History with the Society

Spotlight
April 14, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Milta Oyola Little, DO, CMD, came to her first AMDA Annual Conference in 2010 as a participant in the Foundation Futures Program. She knew that post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) was where she wanted to work and...