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End-of-Life Care, Change of Condition, Palliative Care, Federal Regulations, Payment, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
Society members can license the Society’s e-resources, which includes: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) CPG Pocket Guides CPG Implementation Manuals Know-it-All Series LTC Information Series Practice Management Tools Assisted Living Series...

Society To Offer American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

December 4, 2017
Press Release
Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased to announce its eligibility to provide American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification credits. The Society’s educational programs that will offer ABIM...

Studies Look at Connections Between Physician Time and Quality Care

November 29, 2017
Press Release
Attending Physician, Medical Director, Resident
Patients are coming to nursing homes (NHs) today ‘sicker and sooner’ than ever before. Hospitals are under growing pressure to shorten lengths of stay, and NHs are seeing patients with more comorbid conditions, more serious illnesses, and greater...

Role of Medical Directors

Archived Webinars
Medical Director
Physician
Recorded: September 27, 2017 Speaker: Steven A. Levenson, MD, CMD Description: The concept of medical direction in PALTC settings goes back almost 50 years. In the health care world, it represents the ultimate combination of clinical and management...

In West Orange: Daughter Of Israel’s Medical Director Snags Award

May 4, 2017
AMDA in the News
West Orange Patch
Infections, Infection Prevention/Control, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Wounds
Joshua Schor, medical director at Daughters of Israel in West Orange, was named the 2017 Medical Director of the Year by the AMDA (The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine). He was presented with the award during the Society’s annual...

New Jersey’s Joshua Schor Is 2017 Medical Director of the Year

April 5, 2017
Press Release
Certified Medical Director, Medical Director, Wounds
Joshua Schor, MD, CMD, Senior Medical Director at Optum Complex Care Management and Medical Director at Daughters of Israel in West Orange, NJ, is the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s 2017 Medical Director of the Year. He was...

Assisted living, PACE Are Focuses for New AMDA President

March 29, 2017
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Practice Management, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Physician Assistant (PA)
The new president of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine says she will continue to expand the organization's efforts to include care settings such as assisted living communities and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the...

Life Care Announces Its Annual Physicians' Awards

March 21, 2017
AMDA in the News
TheChattanoogan.com
Dementia, Medical Director
Life Care Centers of America recently bestowed its annual physicians’ awards. The awards were given during a Life Care ceremony held at the American Medical Directors Association Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 16.

LTC care quality: The medical directors' view

March 21, 2017
AMDA in the News
iAdvance Senior Care
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Falls, Survey, Medication, Insulin, Patient Centered, Payment, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director, Pressure Ulcers, Quality, Improvement, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), Transitions of Care
While medical directors have overall responsibility for resident care in nursing facilities, their roles are inevitably intertwined with survey findings and any ensuing legal actions, whether from CMS or collateral legal quarters. Additionally, both...

AMDA expands membership to practitioners

March 15, 2017
AMDA in the News
i Advance Senior Care
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Practitioners, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Pharmacist, Physician Assistant (PA)
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) announced the formation of a Practice Management Section, a national forum for practitioner-led post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) population management, today at its 40th annual...