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AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate

August 10, 2023
AMDA in the News
AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate
Medicare, Medicaid, Telemedicine
AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased that the federal government is taking more seriously the need to relax restrictions on prescribing medication via telehealth, a spokeswoman said.

Why the Elderly Are the Fastest-Growing Pot Demographic in the U.S.

August 30, 2017
AMDA in the News
Men's Journal
Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid
On a recent Friday at the Balfour Riverfront Park senior living facility in downtown Denver, an unusual event took place among the day’s regular activities. In between scrapbooking at the Sky Bar and water walking in the Pompeii Pool, the facility...

Just 17 Percent Of Americans Approve Of Republican Senate Health Care Bill

June 28, 2017
AMDA in the News
Click Lancashire
Long-Term Care, Medicaid
Senate GOP leaders abruptly shelved their long-sought health care overhaul Tuesday, asserting they can still salvage it but raising new doubts about whether President Donald Trump and the Republicans will ever deliver on their promises to repeal and...

Raucous July 4 Break Looms as Providers Cheer Delayed Vote on 'Fatally-Flawed' Senate Bill

June 28, 2017
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Medicaid
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (formerly AMDA) said in a statement Monday the “Medicaid provisions of this bill will be detrimental to millions of older adults.” “As an organization representing post-acute and long-term care...

Society Opposes Better Care Reconciliation Act

June 26, 2017
Press Release
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Medicaid, Resident
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine strongly opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA of 2017). The Society believes this legislation does not address and only worsens concerns we expressed in response to the...

Medical Marijuana Use on the Rise in Retirement Communities and Nursing Homes

February 21, 2017
AMDA in the News
Merry Jane
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid, Medication
With increased use among the elderly comes increased awareness by both patients and healthcare providers. For instance, the medical provider group AMDA (The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine) will host a “Marijuana 101” lesson at...

Nursing Homes Are Starting to Supplant Hospitals as Focus of Basic Health Care

April 24, 2015
AMDA in the News
New York Times
Anemia, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid, Dementia, Medication, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Transitions of Care
The notion that a hospital remains the safest place for old patients dies hard. Many families still believe their aging relatives belong in a hospital when they’re ailing. But 20-plus years of research have documented the risks of hospitalization...

Definition of Medically Necessary Nursing Facility Visits

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid, Change of Condition, Resident
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Resolution D92 Becomes Policy March 1992 AMDA resolves that a "medically necessary" visit to a Medicare/Medicaid resident in a nursing facility be defined as a visit subsequent to the following circumstances or resident conditions: There...

Medicare Skilled and Medicaid Certified Beds in Nursing Facilities

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid
Resolution B94 Becomes Policy June 1994 RESOLVED: It is the position of the Missouri Association of Long Term Care Physicians that HCFA's requirement for certification of Medicare SNF and Medicaid beds be changed so that a certain number...

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...