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Meet the Expert Breakfast Session: Heart Failure Throughout the Continuum of Care: Where Does Palliative Care Fit In?

Advance Care Planning, Cardiovascular Health, Heart Failure, Hospice, Palliative Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
In this session, KellyAnn Light-McGroary, MD, will discuss the impact of heart failure from a population and an individual perspective as well as explore the ways in which palliative care and hospice can be integrated into a chronic disease model...

Hospice Agency Appoints Officer

March 4, 2016
AMDA in the News
Poughkeepsie Journal
Hospice, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
AMDA Member Albert Riddle, MD, CMD, has been appointed to Chief Medical Officer of Hudson Valley Hospice.

The Ins and Outs of Hospice in the Nursing Home: An Update

End-of-Life Care, Hospice, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), End-of-Life
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
This webinar presentation explores the regulatory requirements for the system of care of the nursing home resident who elects the Medicare Hospice benefit. Participants will receive additional information about resources available for detailed study...

Hospice Benefits B95

Resolution and Position Statements
Hospice, Resident
Patients & Families
Resolution B95 Becomes Policy 1995 The American Medical Directors Association resolves to pursue a clarification of benefits to be offered in long term care settings; and be it further RESOLVED, that the definition of terminal illness be...

Declaration of Death

Resolution and Position Statements
Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Hospice
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Position Statement H03 Becomes Policy March 2003 The American Medical Directors Association has demonstrated a longstanding concern to improve the quality of End of Life care in our nation's skilled nursing facilities and throughout long-...

AMDA Honors Top Physicians During 2015 Annual Conference

April 14, 2015
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Hospice, Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, C. difficile, Practitioners, Medical Director, Quality, Improvement
Columbia, MD – AMDA —The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the AMDA Foundation announced its top award winners during AMDA’s 2015 Annual Conference held in Louisville, KY, last month. The 2015 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY...