AMDA recognizes that practitioners in long term care are busy and often in need of readily accessible management tools to assist them in their administrative functions. Follow these quick links to:

• Medical Director: Role and Responsibilities as Leader and Manager



• Physician Order Sheet and Verbal Orders White Paper



• Attention NHA and DON: “A Year to Better Physician Services” – A series of articles and tools that will help the nursing home administrator, director of nursing, and the medical director improve physician services.



• Talking Points for AMDA Priority Issues



• AMDA Model Medical Director Agreement and Supplemental Materials: Medical Director of a Nursing Facility



• Tool Kit for Managing Attending Physicians



• Guide to CPT Coding and Documentation in Long Term Care



• AMDA Guidelines for Completing Death Certificates



• Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors



• I Am Your Medical Director Brochure



• Bibliography: Medical Direction in Long Term Care

Collaborative Practice

• ARNP Protocol - Sample Format
• Fiscal Analysis of the APN– Physician Collaboration
• Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Agreement - Sample E
• Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Agreement- Section 1305
• Nurse Practitioner Pay Example
• Nurse Practitioner Written Collaborative Agreement
• Nuts and Bolts of Nurse Practitioner / Physician Collaborative Agreements in LTC