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Data Underscores Need for Payment Models that Produce Better Health Outcomes

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 25, 2020
On June 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) called for a renewed national commitment to value-based care based on Medicare claims data that provides an early snapshot of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Medicare...

2020 Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
June 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted the 2020 Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report, which describes progress in developing clinician quality measures to support the Quality Payment Program. The CMS...

Do Patients Retain their Family Physicians after Long-Term Care Entry? A Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
June 22, 2020
Older adults value and benefit from the long-standing relationship they have with their family physicians. This dynamic has not been researched in a long-term care (LTC, ie, nursing home) setting. We sought to determine the proportion of LTC...

June 21, 2020

Weekly Roundup
June 21, 2020
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The Nuts and Bolts of Utilizing Telemedicine in Nursing Homes – The GeriCare@North Experience

JAMDA
June 20, 2020
We examined the demographics and the clinical profile of teleconsultations conducted between an acute geriatric medicine department and 8 nursing homes over a period of 6.5 years.

Home Health Services in the Time of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Recommendations for Safe Transitions

JAMDA
June 18, 2020
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led health systems to focus on hospital capacity, hospitals are emphasizing early discharges to prepare for and mitigate patient surges. This has resulted in greater numbers of older adults...

Education Is A Lifelong Passion for Pattee Award Recipient

Spotlight
June 18, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Education has been an important part of the 40-year career of Robert Kaplan, MD, FACP, CMD.. Combining that with his commitment to AMDA, he exemplifies what the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education is all...

Urge Your Representatives to Support the Coronavirus Provider Protection Act

Policy Snapshot
Federal Regulations, Practitioners
June 18, 2020
Reps. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN) and Lou Correa (D-CA) have introduced H.R. 7059, the Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, to grant targeted, limited liability protections to pandemic responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 response. The bill has...

COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory Tests: Billing for Clinician Services

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practitioners
June 18, 2020
Physicians and non-physician practitioners (NPPs): Here are several reminders from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) related to billing for COVID-19 symptom and exposure assessment and specimen collection performed on and after...

30 Senators Send Letter to the Administration Calling for Extension of Telehealth Policies

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners, Telemedicine
June 18, 2020
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and a bipartisan group of 29 senators sent a letter to the administration on June 15 calling to make permanent telehealth waivers and flexibilities that are currently implemented for the duration of the public health...