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House of Delegates Moves Forward on Key Issues

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Advance Care Planning, Cardiovascular Health, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Mental Health, Pain Management, Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Meaningful Use, Quality, Measures, Resident, Right’s, Transitions of Care
May 13, 2016
The AMDA—The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine House of Delegates (HoD) passed several significant white papers and resolutions at its recent meeting in Orlando, FL. “It was an incredibly productive and interesting meeting. We made...

Share Your Victories: Be a Choosing Wisely Champion

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Quality
May 5, 2016
“We need people on the ground to be involved,” said Daniel Wolfson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the ABIM Foundation. “We need them to work with us to demonstrate and communicate to others their successes with the Choosing...

Morley To Step Down from JAMDA

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Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Alzheimer’s Disease
April 29, 2016
John Morley, MB,BCh, Editor-in-Chief of JAMDA , is one of those larger than life figures who lives each day to the fullest and makes every moment count. At the helm of the Society’s journal, he has attracted many prestigious international authors...

New Board Member Joins the Stage with the 'Stars'

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Transitions of Care
April 22, 2016
“You watch these people on the stage at the Annual Conferences and you see their pictures and bylines in various publications, and they become rock stars in a way,” Wayne S. Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, a new House of Delegates Representative on the AMDA...

Think You Don't Have a Great Idea? Think Again

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Advance Care Planning, Medicare, Medicaid, Palliative Care, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Quality, Improvement
April 15, 2016
“We’ve found that program participants really enjoy opportunities for audience interaction. They learn from sharing their stories, questions, and concerns, and getting responses from their colleagues, as well as the program presenters,” says Mary...

New Manual Promotes Partnerships

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Federal Regulations, Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Quality
April 8, 2016
"No one can do it all for elderly patients in any setting. We need a team that can collaborate, share information, and use their specialized skills and knowledge so that we can provide the best possible care,” says Linda J. Keilman, DNP, GNP-BC,...

Levy Looks Forward to Giving Back as Leader

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Practitioners, Medical Director
April 1, 2016
Susan Levy, MD, CMD, AMDA—The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care 2016-2017 President, looks forward to a hectic year working and traveling for her professional home. “This is my way of giving back to a profession and an organization that have...

Honor Is a Family Affair of 2016 MDOY

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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Medical Director
March 25, 2016
For David LeVine, MD, CMD, Medical Director of Menorah Manor in St. Petersburg, FL, receiving AMDA’s 2016 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY) Award was a family affair. He accepted the honor at a general session during the AMDA – The Society for...

The Appeal of Post-Acute Drives CMD Pursuit

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Certified Medical Director
February 19, 2016
Tochukwu C. Iloabuchi, MD, MS, CMD, was planning a career in post-acute care medicine before he attended the AMDA Foundation Futures Program. But it was at that AMDA Annual Conference in San Antonio that he learned about the Certified Medical...