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Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs in Health Care Settings

Resolution and Position Statements
Long-Term Care, Infection Prevention/Control
Allied Health Professional, Patients & Families, Physician
Resolution B04 Becomes Policy March 2005 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, AMDA encourage the adoption of the Centers for Disease Control guidelines on the use of alcohol-based hand rubs in long term care settings.

National Day of Recognition for Long term Care Physicians in Honor of Dr. William Dodd

Resolution and Position Statements
Long-Term Care, Attending Physician, Medical Director
Physician
Policy A09 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA work with the Georgia Medical Directors Association to establish in the United States Congress an annual national day of recognition for Long Term Care Physicians on March 20th.

Recognition of Dr. James Pattee

Resolution and Position Statements
Long-Term Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Policy D12 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the House of Delegates and Board of Directors recognize James Pattee, MD, CMD, for his key contributions to AMDA-Dedicated to Long-Term Care Medicine and his unwavering dedication and support of...

Improving Access to Physicians with the Special Skills Required in Geriatric Care Policy

Resolution and Position Statements
Long-Term Care, Practitioners
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Policy B-13 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine advocate to the American Medical Association encouraging them to explore strategies for how to best improve access to, and the availability of, high-...

Social Media in Long Term Care

Resolution and Position Statements
Long-Term Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy I-13 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine Board of Directors create a task force to develop a social media policy relevant to long term care.

Dr. Brian Richards

Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Dementia, Mental Health, Therapist, Younger Adult
Allied Health Professional
Brian Richards, PsyD, completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins and realized that the research track wasn’t for him. He found it much more compelling and meaningful to work directly with patients in a clinical capacity. Dr. Richards says...

Guide to Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Coding, Reimbursement, and Documentation

Practice Management Tools
Advance Care Planning, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Extensively updated to reflect major E/M coding changes for 2023, The Guide to Post-Acute and Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement, and Documentation, is a popular and must-have publication that contains important documentation and medical decision...

Anemia in the Long-Term Care Setting

Long-Term Care Information Series
Anemia, Long-Term Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Anemia is a common problem in the post-acute and long-term care setting (PALTC) and can be associated with increased morbidity and reduced quality of life. Anemia is associated with increased disability, decreased physical performance, decreased...

AMDA President-Elect: Ask if Your Facility Has a Certified Medical Director

Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
Patients & Families
AMDA Board of Directors President 2016-2017 Susan M. Levy, MD, CMD, AGSF, wants patients and their families to start asking their nursing homes and other facilities if their medical director is an AMDA Certified Medical Director (CMD). “It’s also...

Nonpharmacologic Interventions Win QI Award

Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
A passion for quality improvement, a creative mind, and an innovative idea. These are the key ingredients in an AMDA Foundation Quality Improvement (QI) award winner. Just ask Marian McNamara, RN, MSN, 2014 award recipient for "Reduction of...