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F18 - INCLUSION OF BUNDLED PAYMENTS CARE IMPROVEMENT (BPCI) POST-ACUTE ONLY MODEL 3 IN ADVANCED BPCI

Resolution and Position Statements
Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Resolution F18 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine advocate for inclusion of the existing Bundled Payments Care Improvement (BPCI) Model 3 Post-Acute care bundle in the Advanced BPCI...

B18 - ENABLING ATTENDING PHYSICIANS TO WAIVE THE THREE MIDNIGHT STAY RULE FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE WITHIN DOWNSIDE RISK SHARING ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGNIZATIONS AND ADVANCED BUNDLED PAYMENTS CARE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMS

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Payment
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Resolution B18 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, attending physicians caring for Medicare recipients in any setting shall be allowed to waive the three midnight inpatient stay requirement for initiation of skilled nursing care in a facility when...

AMDA expands membership to practitioners

March 15, 2017
AMDA in the News
i Advance Senior Care
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Practitioners, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Pharmacist, Physician Assistant (PA)
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) announced the formation of a Practice Management Section, a national forum for practitioner-led post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) population management, today at its 40th annual...

AMDA Creates Practice Management Section

March 15, 2017
Press Release
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Practitioners, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Pharmacist
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine announced the formation of a Practice Management Section, a national forum for practitioner-led post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) population management, today at its 40th Annual...

WHOM DO WE SERVE? DESCRIBING THE TARGET POPULATION FOR POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE, FOCUSING ON NURSING FACILITY SETTINGS, IN THE ERA OF POPULATION HEALTH

White Paper
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
March 2016 Introduction Post-acute care is comprised of medical, rehabilitation and nursing services aiming to restore maximal medical and functional status of patients discharged from hospitals. Long-term care refers to the services and...

K16— Reimbursement for Advance Care Planning for Non-Face-to-Face Services

Resolution and Position Statements
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
Resolution K-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine work with appropriate stakeholders to develop specific Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes that allow reimbursement for non-...

Clinical Collaboration in the Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Setting

Long-Term Care Information Series
Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practitioners, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Teamed with physicians, advanced practice nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) may enhance the nursing and medical care available to post-acute and long-term care facility patients. Driven by documented positive outcomes and favorable...

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

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.

CMS Proposes Physician Reimbursement for End-of-Lfe Discussions

July 8, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) strongly approves the move: “Post-acute and long-term care practitioners provide quality and thoughtful care and family members and friends of very ill patients will receive greater peace...