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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...

AMDA Partners with CDC on Antibiotics Initiative for Second Year

November 16, 2012
Press Release
Infections, Medication, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
Columbia, MD – For the second year in a row, AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote “Get Smart about Antibiotics Week” (November 14-20). This initiative was...

AMDA Press Statement in Response to ProPublica Antipsychotics Prescribing Report

May 21, 2013
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD — In response to the ProPublica report, “ Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk ,” AMDA released the following statement: AMDA agrees that ongoing efforts to educate physicians and...

AMDA and AMDA Foundation Sign Onto CMSS Code for Interactions with For-Profit Health Care Sector

August 28, 2013
Press Release
Ethics, Medication
Columbia, MD — AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine and the AMDA Foundation are pleased to become signers onto the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Code for Interactions with Companies. Adopted in 2010, the code provides detailed...

AMDA Releases List of Potentially Unnecessary Medical Tests, Procedures as Part of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® Campaign

September 4, 2013
Press Release
Nutrition, Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Diabetes, Infections, Medication, Insulin
Columbia, MD — AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has partnered with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® Campaign to encourage discussions among physicians, patients, and other health care...

AMDA Releases Free Interactive Program Aimed at Improving Care for Dementia Patients

December 16, 2013
Press Release
Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD — AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) is pleased to announce the release of a program of free, interactive courses aimed at decreasing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications for nursing home residents and...

AMDA Applauds CMS’s Decision Not to Finalize Rule to Eliminate Protected Drug Class Status

March 13, 2014
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD - AMDA—The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided not to finalize its proposed rule to eliminate protected class status for several...

AMDA’s Efforts Referenced in CMS Report on Successful Reduction of Nursing Home Antipsychotic Use

April 24, 2014
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD – In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) set a goal of reducing antipsychotic use in long-stay nursing home residents by 15% nationwide. Recently, the agency announced that this goal has been met. AMDA—The...

AMDA Partners with Consumer Reports to Release Resource on Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75

April 29, 2014
Press Release
Cardiovascular Health, Medication
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA), along with Consumer Reports, is proud to announce the release of a new, free consumer resource, “ Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75 .” The resource, a two-page...

AMDA Supports New Goals of National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes

September 19, 2014
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics, Patient Centered
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine supports the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care’s new goals, announced today , to further reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in long-stay nursing home...