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The CMS Final Rule: Twist And Shout, But We Can Work It Out

November 4, 2016
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Long-Term Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Ethics, Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Infection Prevention/Control, Medication, Patient Centered, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), Transitions of Care
According to Dr. Susan Levy, President of AMDA, The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, “AMDA is pleased that CMS listened and incorporated some changes into the initial proposed rule based on comments….CMS also revised the rules to...

UPMC Launches Telehealth Startup to Keep Nursing Home Patients Out of the Hospital

September 21, 2016
AMDA in the News
Healthcare IT News
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Transitions of Care
UPMC Enterprises announced a new upstart focused on preventing nursing home patients from needing to go a hospital emergency room. Named Curavi Health, the emerging company has proprietary CuraviCare software, which facilitates interaction between...

CMS Reports Success in Reducing Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs; Patient Advocates Skeptical

June 15, 2016
AMDA in the News
Modern Healthcare
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Antipsychotics, Minimum Data Set
The CMS says it has surpassed its goal for reducing the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes. Patient advocates, however, are expressing skepticism over the claim.

Extreme Honesty: Medical Errors and Full Disclosure

May 31, 2016
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Ethics, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
The magnitude of medical errors in the clinical setting is staggering. The landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System concluded that “as many as 98,000 people die in hospitals each year as a...

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-...

I16 — Support the End of the Meaningful Use Program by CMS

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Meaningful Use
Physician
I-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA-the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine seek legislative and regulatory action to remove PALTC patient encounters from the meaningful use program, including any future iteration of...

F16— Remove Pain Scores from Quality Metrics

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality, Measures
Resolution F-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine will work with American Medical Association and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to remove uncontrolled pain scores...

E16— Holding CMS Accountable for Timely Accurate Data

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Practice Management
Physician
Resolution E-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine will work with American Medical Association and other stakeholders to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to...