AMDA is advising long-term caregivers against using indwelling urinary catheters to manage urinary incontinence — one of five practices or tests that lack scientific evidence to support their use in...
Working on how to communicate in facilities
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Nov 14, 2014
Transitions between care settings are getting more scrutiny than ever before. So thank goodness for new guidelines designed to help smooth them out. Still, we need all the help we can when it comes to...
AMDA to receive $1.6 million for training from civil monetary penalties
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 07, 2014
AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-term Care Medicine will receive $1.62 million in civil money penalty funds over three years in order to improve long-term care, the organization announced.
Also in the news for Oct. 6, 2014 . . .
Oct 06, 2014
Patient outcomes are given little consideration in antibiotic stewardship efforts … Licensed practical nurse faces felony charges for failing to report a resident fall … AMDA joins Leadership...
Antipsychotics reduction goal raised to 30% by end of 2016, CMS and provider groups announce
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 19, 2014
Long-term care providers are being asked to reduce the use of antipsychotic medications among residents by 25% by the end of 2015, and 30% by the end of 2016. Providers have already achieved a 17.1% reduction...
Also in the news for September 12, 2014 . . .
Sep 12, 2014
AMDA to feds: Will assisted living be excluded from plan to reimburse chronic care services? … People with rare type AB blood have doubled risk of cognitive decline, researchers say … Grieving...
Also in the news for June 5, 2014 . . .
Jun 05, 2014
New LTC pain management quality measures submitted … CMS ‘provider relations coordinator’ created to take questions on Medicare reviews … Few docs discuss end-of-life care with...
MDI Achieve/MatrixCare enter into agreement with AMDA
May 27, 2014
MDI Achieve/MatrixCare announced it will incorporate clinical practice guidelines and the “Know-It-All” series from the leading medical directors association into its Clinical Coach™ and...
60 seconds with … Leonard Gelman, M.D., CMD
Apr 01, 2014
Q: What motivated the recent decision to extend AMDA membership to nurse practitioners?
A: The last set of stats that I saw, about 25% of visits in nursing homes are done by nurse practitioners. This trend...
AMDA to allow NPs, physician assistants as full members
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 01, 2014
The American Medical Director’s Association has a new name and will now allow nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants full membership.