AMDA CME Direct

The Online Source for Long Term Care CME

Welcome to AMDA CME Direct, the online source for Long Term Care CME brought to you by the AMDA. Please review our Privacy Policy and proceed down to our listing of current courses.

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AMDA Online Education Library

Registrants can earn AMA/PRA Category 1 credit™ for the successful completion of an online CME component for each of the sessions. CMD management credit is also available for many sessions. Click here for details.

Medical Director F-Tag (F501)

Online content and a post-test are available on two AMDA annual symposium presentations and a Caring for the Ages article on CMS' revision to the Medical Director F-Tag (F501). Click here for details.

JAMDA CME Digest

Online post-tests are available on 12 JAMDA articles from 2007. Click here for details.

CPG Self-Study Programs

The following self-study CME programs based on AMDA's Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and Tool Kits are available:

• Antithrombotic Therapy Tool Kit

Participants who review the program, complete the post-test, and receive a score of 80% or higher, can earn CME credit.  Participants who do not receive at least 80% on the post-test are permitted the opportunity to retake the same test one time with no additional fee. Post-tests are also available in print-format and can be obtained at the above links. 

Other AMDA Self-Study Programs

Curriculum on Palliative Care

Developing Policies & Procedures for the Long Term Care Facility: The Medical Director's Role
The goal of the self study program is to teach physicians serving as LTC medical directors about the implications of policies and procedures for effective management of physician services and the oversight and improvement of the quality of care in nursing facilities. Approved for 1.5 CMD Credits.

2008 Regulatory Update  NEW!

1 CME credit, approved for 1 CMD-management credit.
Release date: December 2009
Expiration date: December 2010

Source: Originally presented at 2008 Evidence Based Clinical Management and Leadership Course

AMDA provides this CME activity with the following objectives.  By incorporating the information in this self-study into their growing knowledge of practice in long term care facilities (LTCF), participants should be able to: 

• Cite the clarifications to guidelines for F-tags:  309, addressing pain management; 323, addressing accidents and supervision; 329, addressing unnecessary medication; 325, addressing nutrition; and 371, addressing sanitary conditions
• Examine how the clarifications can have a positive impact on the quality of care in facilities
• Understand the trends in survey results regarding the F-tags 
• Establish mechanisms to improve quality management 

Advanced Billing and Documentation NEW!

1 CME credit, approved for 1 CMD-management credit.
Release date: December 2009
Expiration date: December 2010 

Source: Originally presented at 2008 Evidence Based Clinical Management and Leadership Course

AMDA provides this CME activity with the following objectives.  By incorporating the information in this self-study into their growing knowledge of practice in long term care facilities (LTCF), participants should be able to:

• Provide documentation and use nursing home codes that are appropriate to complex patient visits
• Assign appropriate services and codes for non-physician practitioners
• Use appropriate codes for visits to patients in assisted living facilities
• Use appropriate codes for visits to patients enrolled in hospice
• Know the appropriate codes for procedures provided in the nursing home
• Know the documentation required with transitions of care
• Discuss development of policies to obtain better value of care relative to cost

Executive Control and the Capacity for Medical Decision Making NEW!

1 CME credit, approved for 1 CMD-management credit.
Release date: December 2009
Expiration date: December 2012

Source: Originally presented at 2008 Evidence Based Clinical Management and Leadership Course

AMDA provides this CME activity with the following objectives.  By incorporating the information in this self-study into their growing knowledge of practice in long term care facilities (LTCF), participants should be able to:

• Define executive control function (ECF) and identify which cognitive functions are most essential to decisional capacity
• Examine the legal standards for assessing decisional capacity and determine their implications in practice
• Choose tests for cognitive function and interpret the results
• Develop awareness and sensitivity to early detection of executive impairments   

Elder Mistreatment in the Nursing Home NEW!

1 CME credit, approved for 1 CMD-management credit.
Release date: December 2009
Expiration date: December 2012

Source: Originally presented at 2008 Evidence Based Clinical Management and Leadership Course

AMDA provides this CME activity with the following objectives.  By incorporating the information in this self-study into their growing knowledge of practice in long term care facilities (LTCF), participants should be able to:

• Cite the background information on and define elder mistreatment
• Describe the current evidence regarding mistreatment in the nursing home
• Develop strategies to improve recognition and lower the likelihood of mistreatment

Mental Health Documentation in the Nursing Home NEW!

2 CME credit, approved for 2 CMD-management credits.
Release date: November 2009
Expiration date: December 2012

By incorporating the information in this monograph into their practice in long term care facilities (LTCF), physicians should be able to:

• Complete mental health related documentation at preadmission, admission, and at times of cognitive/ behavioral/mood changes
• Monitor processes once an intervention has been implemented
  
• Describe the clinical and regulatory documentation necessary when residents are placed on psychoactive medications
  
• Create processes and provide tools that ensure appropriate documentation
  
• Train staff in the necessity and requirements for accurate documentation.

Programs from Other Providers

The following CME programs from other providers are accessible from this site:

Free Online Training Modules for the Interdisciplinary Team
Free training modules on many nursing home issues are available from the website of the Borun Center for Gerontological Research. The modules present detailed instructions and all the forms needed to implement programs. Written permission is not required to use any of the module’s materials. Go to http://borun.medsch.ucla.edu to access the modules.

These programs were developed by other providers. CME credit for these programs is not provided by AMDA. Please refer to the above links for information on how to obtain CME credit for these programs.

If you have any questions about the CME programming on this web site, please contact AMDA at (410) 740-9743 or send e-mail to webmaster@amda.com.