Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, the new House of Delegates (HOD) representative on the AMDA Board of Directors, brings a unique perspective to her role. Not only is she a clinician and researcher, but she also is a journalist. As Caring for the Ages editor-in-chief and frequent contributor to this publication ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12, 2024. Launched in early March, the CHOPD payments were designed to ease cash flow disruptions...
An AMDA On-The-Go podcast recorded during PALTC24 in San Antonio, TX—Deprescribing of Anticoagulants: The IF, WHEN and HOW—featured clinical pearls and more from Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD; Nicole Orr, MD; and Irene Hamrick, MD, CMD.
Tune in with Dr. Amita Patel as she shares her insights into what tardive dyskinesia is, its risk factors, and its impact on older adults and caregivers, highlighting the importance of early recognition and management of this frequently underdiagnosed movement disorder in the long-term care setting.
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Sens. Roger Marshall, MD, (R-KS), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), John Thune (R-SD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-IN), and Ami Bera, MD, (D-CA) reintroduced the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation strea...
The Medicare Shared Savings Program is now accepting applications through the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Management System. Apply no later than noon ET on June 17, 2024.
Everyone would agree that compassion is important, but we often assume that people who work in health care naturally are compassionate leaders or that emotions are best left at the door when people come to work. However, compassion isn’t necessarily second nature, and it plays a significant role in teamwor...
Many nursing homes are closing due to financial strain, but changing service models from fee-for-service to value-based care could help improve their finances, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's in a recent interview