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Position on Direct Care Staffing in Nursing Homes

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Statement H02 Becomes Policy March 2002 Summary The primary focus of this statement is to: Expand upon AMDA's 2000 position on minimum staffing standards in nursing homes (AMDA House of Delegates Resolution A00); Affirm the value of direct...

Influenza

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Immunization/Vaccination, Influenza
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Resolution D06 BE IT RESOLVED that AMDA identify and work with the appropriate agencies and organizations (such as CDC, CMS, AGS, non-profit vaccine providers) in order to call attention to problems with influenza vaccine administration in...

Improving Medication Profiles For Tranfers From Hospitals To Assure F-Tag Compliance

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, F-Tags, Medication, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
RESOLUTION D07 BE IT RESOLVED, that the American Medical Directors Association request that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services amend the Medicare Conditions of Participation for hospitals to require a medication profile (that...

Never-Events

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Falls, Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Pressure Ulcers
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy B10 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA establish a position paper in regards to stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers and death associated with falls preventability in the long-term care setting; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that AMDA...

Long Term Care Prescribing of Antipsychotic Medications

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Antipsychotics
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy E12 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine collaborate with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create educational tools and programs to promote the broad and appropriate...

Home Health Care Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements

Resolution and Position Statements
Care Settings/Types, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy F12 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA-Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine refer to its Public Policy Committee the changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Face-to-Face Requirements for Home Care Certification...

Portable X-Ray Ordering by Non-Physicians

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Resident
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Policy G12 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine work with similarly concerned parties and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to address the apparent limitations of the recent Office of...

Appropriate Use of Quality Indicators in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Population

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Quality
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy F-14 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other stakeholders to address the issue of appropriate use of Quality...

Using the BEERS Criteria for Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and Medication Therapy Management (MTM)

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, Medication, Practitioners
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy H-14 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine support the autonomy of individual prescribers which allows medical treatment plans with potentially Beers Criteria inappropriate medications when...

Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors

Practice Management Tools
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, F-Tags, Survey, Surveyor Guidance, Practice Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors is an indispensable resource tool for medical directors, attending physicians, and other post-acute and long-term care practitioners...