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Determination and Documentation of Medical Necessity in Long Term Care Facilities

White Paper
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Medical Necessity, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
Published October 1999; Revised August 2001 SECTION I: Determination of "medical necessity" in nursing facility care Although a final definition and determination of "medical necessity" still is an unrealized goal of the medical, insurance...

WHOM DO WE SERVE? DESCRIBING THE TARGET POPULATION FOR POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE, FOCUSING ON NURSING FACILITY SETTINGS, IN THE ERA OF POPULATION HEALTH

White Paper
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
March 2016 Introduction Post-acute care is comprised of medical, rehabilitation and nursing services aiming to restore maximal medical and functional status of patients discharged from hospitals. Long-term care refers to the services and...

K16— Reimbursement for Advance Care Planning for Non-Face-to-Face Services

Resolution and Position Statements
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
Resolution K-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine work with appropriate stakeholders to develop specific Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes that allow reimbursement for non-...

There's Lots to Love About (Being) A Nursing Home Doctor

March 20, 2016
AMDA in the News
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
Dr. Steinberg writes about AMDA and the National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians: I am blessed to have a job I love. Depending on what kind of mood I am in, I may tell people I am a SNFologist, a nursing home doctor, a...

Dr. Amanda Winters Named Life Care’s Eastern Division Physician Of The Year

March 18, 2016
AMDA in the News
The Chattanoogan.com
Attending Physician
Dr. Amanda Winters, on-site physician at Life Care Center of Hixson, was named Physician of the Year for Life Care Centers of America’s Eastern Division.

Pharmacy Physician Relations and Appropriate Prescribing for Long-Term Care Patients

Resolution and Position Statements
Medication Management, Attending Physician, Pharmacist
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Position Statement F03 Becomes Policy March 2003 Physicians, consultant pharmacists, and provider pharmacies play an important role in ensuring optimal outcomes of drug therapy, including provision of appropriate, effective and safe...

Role of the Attending Physician in the Nursing Home

Resolution and Position Statements
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Attending Physician
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Introduction The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) was founded on the premise that physician involvement in long term care is essential to the delivery of quality long term care. Attending physicians should lead the clinical...

Macon Valley Center Recognizes its Long-Term Care Physicians

March 19, 2015
AMDA in the News
The Macon County News
Attending Physician, Medical Director
Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center recognizes the role of physician leaders in quality person-centered care by celebrating the annual National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians on March 20.

Physician Medical Directors

Resolution and Position Statements
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Medical Director
Physician
Resolution G95 Becomes Policy October 1995 AMDA resolves that the American Medical Association advocate for uniform state based requirements that both Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facilities retain only licensed physicians as...

Revision of Certificate of Added Qualification Requirements

Resolution and Position Statements
Attending Physician
Physician
Resolution B96 Becomes Policy March 1996 The American Medical Directors Association resolves to petition the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Family Practice, and the American Osteopathic Association to...