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Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes

April 1, 2020
AMDA in the News
Kaiser Health News
COVID-19
A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man’s land between hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals need to clear out patients who no longer need acute care. But...

New CMS Waivers Eliminate ‘All Barriers’ to Telehealth in Skilled Nursing Facilities

April 1, 2020
AMDA in the News
Skilled Nursing News
COVID-19, Telemedicine
As part of a sweeping set of waivers announced late Monday , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded its efforts to cut restrictions on telehealth — essentially removing any last roadblock that providers would face to...

This too shall pass! PALTC is united

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
COVID-19
When a crisis hits, besides shedding light on the system gaps, it also highlights the strengths of a community. The stresses of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have clearly highlighted the many positive attributes of the post-acute and...

Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
the Gilmore Mirror
COVID-19
Judith Graham March 30, 2020 A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man’s land between hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals need to clear out patients who no...

AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
COVID-19
“Blanket, one-size-fits-all” statewide orders barring long-term care facilities from denying admission based solely on confirmed or suspected COVID-19 diagnoses, or prohibiting long-term care facilities from requiring COVID-19 tests prior to...

Needing Room for Coronavirus Patients, Massachusetts Seeks to Clear Out Some Nursing Homes

March 29, 2020
AMDA in the News
The Wall Street Journal
COVID-19
Massachusetts is asking some nursing homes to evacuate their elderly residents so the facilities can treat coronavirus patients, the newest effort to find places to treat the infected as their surging numbers begin overwhelming hospitals. One...

AMDA and AHCA Jointly Urge States Not to Push Hospital Patients With COVID-19 into Nursing Homes and Assisted Living as the Solution to Hospital Overcrowding

March 29, 2020
Press Release
COVID-19
States Urged to Work Collaboratively with Nursing Homes and Hospitals to Develop Appropriate Solutions Today AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) released a joint statement...

AMDA Urges Cooperation Between PALTC, Hospitals, and Public Health Agencies in Responding to COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Press Release
COVID-19
New York State Advisory on Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Nursing Homes is Ill Advised AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine urges PALTC organizations, hospitals, and public health authorities to work together...

Signature’s Chief Medical Officer: COVID-19 Crisis Will Usher in ‘New Era’ of Skilled Nursing, Post-Acute Care

March 24, 2020
AMDA in the News
Skilled Nursing News
COVID-19
As both the chief medical officer for Signature HealthCARE and president of AMDA, the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Dr. Arif Nazir has a micro- and macro-level view on how skilled nursing facilities are fighting the coronavirus...

Published consensus statement offers UTI treatment recommendations

March 19, 2020
AMDA in the News
Medical Xpress
COVID-19
They are among the most common ailments for those residing at post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) centers, yet diagnosing and managing urinary tract infections (UTIs) remains a challenging prospect for caregivers at these facilities. In an effort...