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April 26, 2024
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April 26, 2024
TEFCA Common Agreement v2.0 Published to HealthIT.gov
Common Agreement Version 2.0 (CA v2.0) includes enhancements and updates to require support for FHIR API-based exchange. The move to standardized APIs in CA v2.0 will help improve patient access to health information and facilitate easier exchange via TEFCA.
Policy Snapshot
April 26, 2024
Observation Status Legislation Introduced in Congress
This week, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced bipartisan legislation to update a current loophole in Medicare policy to help protect seniors from high medical costs for the skilled nursing care they require after hospitalization. The Improving Access...
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April 26, 2024
CMS Releases Final Nursing Home Staffing Rule
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting final rule.
Policy Snapshot
April 19, 2024
Quarterly National Stakeholder Call with CMS Leadership on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Please join Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how the agency’s cross-cutting initiatives are advancing the CMS Strategic Plan.
Policy Snapshot
April 19, 2024
AMDA Expresses Opposition to Anti-DEI Programs in Medical Schools Legislation
Last week, AMDA, along with 27 other national medical organizations, sent a letter of opposition to Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) for their bill, the “Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education Act (EDUCATE).” The bill would prohibit graduate med...
AMDA In The News
April 18, 2024
How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
Nursing homes are on the frontier of new care models and technology solutions that have the potential to save billions of dollars in healthcare costs. That was the consensus from experts who also issued cautions at a PALTC24 annual conference session hosted recently by AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and...
Spotlight
April 18, 2024
Volunteerism Is Second Nature for New AMDA Vice President
Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, was in the throes of helping to plan the Colorado Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (CMDA) Annual Conference as she jumped into her role as AMDA’s 2024-2025 vice president. This may sound overwhelming, but not for her. She was raised to be a volunteer leader. “I saw m...
Policy Snapshot
April 12, 2024
Reminder: 2023 Data MIPS Submission and EUC Applications Close on Monday, April 15
In response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the data submission deadline and reopened the 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application to provide r...
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April 12, 2024
