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AMDA expands membership to practitioners

March 15, 2017
AMDA in the News
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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...

Determination and Documentation of Medical Necessity in Long Term Care Facilities

White Paper
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Medical Necessity, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
Published October 1999; Revised August 2001 SECTION I: Determination of "medical necessity" in nursing facility care Although a final definition and determination of "medical necessity" still is an unrealized goal of the medical, insurance,...

WHOM DO WE SERVE? DESCRIBING THE TARGET POPULATION FOR POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE, FOCUSING ON NURSING FACILITY SETTINGS, IN THE ERA OF POPULATION HEALTH

White Paper
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
March 2016 Introduction Post-acute care is comprised of medical, rehabilitation and nursing services aiming to restore maximal medical and functional status of patients discharged from hospitals. Long-term care refers to the services and supports...

K16— Reimbursement for Advance Care Planning for Non-Face-to-Face Services

Resolution and Position Statements
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
Resolution K-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine work with appropriate stakeholders to develop specific Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes that allow reimbursement for non-face-to-...

Clinical Collaboration in the Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Setting

Long-Term Care Information Series
Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practitioners, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Teamed with physicians, advanced practice nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) may enhance the nursing and medical care available to post-acute and long-term care facility patients. Driven by documented positive outcomes and favorable...

Passing the "SNF Test:" The Role of the Medical Director and Clinician in Determining the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Level of Care

Skilled Nursing Care, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA, Physician
Did you ever want to understand the mystery of the so-called "skilling" of patients? This session is intended for medical directors, physicians, and other clinicians who manage patients receiving the "skilled" level of care in nursing facilities. We...

Early Destiny Led PA to AMDA

Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
NP/PA
The ability of nurse practitioners and physician assistants to become full voting members of AMDA won’t change anything for Erin Brooks, PA-C, who has been a Society member for years and thinks of her fellow members as colleagues. However, she hopes it will encourage other PAs, as well as NPs, to get involved in an organization that she considers her professional community. “AMDA has always felt like a community to me. The physicians and other members are always welcoming at the annual meetings, and I always get good information on clinical and regulatory topics,” said Brooks. She added, “The publications— JAMDA and Caring —are always cutting edge in terms of what’s new, current, and important to us as practitioners.”

Know-it-All™ in the PALTC & Assisted Living Settings Series

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Practitioners, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
AMDA’s Know-It-All TM system is designed to maximize quality care and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Users of the system also state that it enhances teamwork and mutual respect, and the resident ultimately benefits. In...

Know-It-All™ When You’re Called Diagnosing System

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Physician
A one-of-a-kind, 200-plus page guide on change of conditions for attending practitioners. Content is organized alphabetically by condition and includes the specific data they should be receiving from the nurse, suggested geriatric diagnoses related...

Know-it-All™ Before You Call Data Collection System in the PALTC & Assisted Living Setting

Transitions of Care
Change of Condition, Attending Physician, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Medical Director, Non-Physician Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
A series of data collection cards intended to help nursing staff physically evaluate patients and collect relevant medical history and related medical record data before notifying a practitioner about a resident’s change in condition. This allows...