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B16 - Ensuring Appropriate Risk Adjustment Prior to Implementation of VBP Programs

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Practice Management
NP/PA, Physician
Resolution B16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine will work with stakeholder organizations and federal agencies to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to...

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

Technology Bytes

October 5, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management
E-prescribing technology automatically evaluates prescriptions for potential drug interactions, further promoting patient safety while making the process more efficient, says Naushira Pandya, MD, president of the board of directors for AMDA — the...

Electronic Health Records in Long-Term Care

Resolution and Position Statements
Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT)
NP/PA, Physician
Policy E-14 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine investigate the current availability of and work with appropriate stakeholders to help develop ideal bidirectional electronic message and document...

Appropriate Use of Quality Indicators in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Population

Resolution and Position Statements
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Quality
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy F-14 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other stakeholders to address the issue of appropriate use of Quality...

Practical Tools in the Long-Term Care Continuum

Resolution and Position Statements
Practice Management, Practitioners
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Policy G-14 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA—Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine develop mechanisms to create, aggregate and promote easy access to existing and new practical tools for use in the post-acute and long-term care continuum.

Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors

Practice Management Tools
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, F-Tags, Survey, Surveyor Guidance, Practice Management
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors is an indispensable resource tool for medical directors, attending physicians, and other post-acute and long-term care practitioners...

Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates

Practice Management Tools
End-of-Life, Practice Management
NP/PA, Physician
Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-...

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...

Starting & Maintaining a Long-Term Care Ethics Committee Tool Kit

Practice Management Tools
Ethics, Practice Management, Medical Director
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
The AMDA Tool Kit for Starting & Maintaining a Long-Term Care Ethics Committee provides a comprehensive guide to medical directors and others working in post-acute and long-term care who encounter ethical issues that need attention. The tool kit...