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AMDA Suggests White House Conference on Aging Topics

January 27, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Advance Care Planning, Long-Term Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Observation Status, Dementia, Medication, Patient Centered, Payment, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Quality, Resident, Right’s
AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has recommended sub-topics within three of the four previously identified areas of focus for the upcoming White House Conference on Aging

In Race for Medicare Dollars, Nursing Home Care May Lag

April 14, 2015
AMDA in the News
New York Times
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare
Promises of “decadent” hot baths on demand, putting greens and gurgling waterfalls to calm the mind: These luxurious touches rarely conjure images of a stay in a nursing home.

Senate Passes SGR Repeal

April 15, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Payment, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)
The U.S. Senate last night voted to repeal permanently the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula under which physicians have been reimbursed for care they provide through Medicare. The formula has been in place since 1997.

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...

Warner, Isakson introduce bipartisan bill to improve planning options for patients with advanced illness

June 10, 2015
AMDA in the News
Augusta Free Press
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Patient Centered
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced legislation today designed to give people with serious illness the freedom to make more informed choices about their care, and the power to have those choices honored.

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...

Representation on Medicare RUC Committee

Resolution and Position Statements
Advance Care Planning, Medicare, Payment
Physician
Resolution B01 Becomes Policy March 2001 AMDA resolves to work to ensure that the Medicare Relative Value Update Committee will include as a permanent member a physician who practices the specialty of long-term care and geriatric medicine.

White House Conference on Aging

Resolution and Position Statements
Medicare, End-of-Life, Medication Management, Mental Health, Practitioners
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Resolution B06 Becomes Policy March 2006 BE IT RESOLVED that AMDA support the mission and purpose of the White House Conference on Aging; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that AMDA specifically endorse the following WHCoA resolutions as highly...