THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine advocate for removal of arbitrary limits on telemedicine visits by medical practitioners in nursing facilities and instead base them purely on medical necessity, and collaborate with the American Medical Association to effect a change in Medicare’s policy regarding this matter under the provisions of the PFS and QPP,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine collaborate with the American Medical Association to influence Congress to broaden the scope of telemedicine care models in post-acute and long-term care and authorize payment mechanisms for models that are evidence-based and relevant to post-acute and long-term care, and continue to engage primary care physicians and practitioners in the care of their patients.
Click here for report details (see pp 17-18) from the American Medical Association.