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Transforming PAC Through Standardization and Care Coordination

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Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Federal Regulations, Payment, Quality, Improvement, Measures, Rehabilitation
July 8, 2016
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 requires the submission of standardized data for specific assessment categories and quality measure domains using the assessment instruments the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

LTPAC HIT Summit Puts Spotlight on Connecting LTPAC Settings

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Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Payment, Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT)
July 1, 2016
This week, AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine was a key player at the 12th Annual Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology (HIT) Summit in Reston, VA. Alex Bardakh, MPP, the Society’s Director of...

Society Comments on MACRA Proposed Rule

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Pain Management, Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Practice Management, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
July 1, 2016
This week AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM)...

REMINDER: EHR Incentive Program: Hardship Exception Applications Due by July 1

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Electronic Health Records (EHR)
July 1, 2016
The Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program 2017 hardship exception instructions and application for eligible professionals and eligible hospitals are available on the Payment Adjustments & Hardship Information webpage . See...

REMINDER: PBJ Reporting Begins July 1

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
July 1, 2016
Electronic submission of staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) is required of all Long Term Care Facilities in 2016. July 1 begins the first date of data collection. You will have up to 45 days to submit data from July 1, 2016-...

CMS Quality Measures and the IMPACT Act Call — July 7

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Quality, Measures
July 1, 2016
Thursday, July 7 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. During this call, CMS experts discuss key quality measures related to the Improving Medicare...

Society Member and Experts in PALTC Named to Federal HIT Standards Committee

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Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT)
July 1, 2016
Terrence O’Malley, MD, CMD, a Massachusetts-based geriatrician and long-time member of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, has been named as the long-term care representative to the federal Health Information Technology...

The Society Submits Comments on CMS SNF PPS Proposed Rule

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
June 24, 2016
AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recently submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule entitled Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing...

HHS Announces Major Initiative to Help Small Practices Prepare for the Quality Payment Program

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
June 24, 2016
Over the last few weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made several important announcements related to the Quality Payment Program, which is proposed to implement the new, bipartisan law changing how Medicare pays clinicians...

2016 PQRS GPRO Registration Open through June 30

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
June 24, 2016
Groups of two or more Eligible Professionals (EPs) can avoid the -2.0% CY 2018 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) payment adjustment by meeting the satisfactory reporting criteria through the 2016 PQRS Group Reporting Option (GPRO). The...