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January 2010

Rite Aid Launches Nationwide Shingles Vaccination and Education Campaign

National Influenza Week January 10-16, 2010

Research Finds Few Nursing Homes Participate in End-of-Life Programs

Has your nursing home registered for the Advancing Excellence Campaign yet?

December 2009 WNY Alliance for Person-Centered Care Creates Web Site for Health Professionals
August 2009 Guest Editorial: An Open Letter to President Obama
June 2009

AMDA Remembers Long Time Member and Volunteer, Dr. Tom Wachtel

WNY Alliance for Person-Centered Care Awarded Oishei Grant for Training Programs

Health Reform in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform the Health System

Coalition Continues Fight for Long-Term Services and Supports in Health Care Reform

AMDA Remembers Long Time Member and Volunteer, Dr. Jeffrey Behrens

May 2009

Secretary Sebelius Announces Appointment of Cindy Mann as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations

Poll Finds Americans See Long-term Services and Supports as a Priority, Not an Option, for Health Care Reform

AAHSA Joins Sixty Aging and Disability Groups to Fight for Long-term Services and Supports in Health Care Reform

April 2009

Dr. Joseph Coughlin to Keynote Long Term Care Health IT Summit

Advancing Excellence Newsletter #9

February 2009

New Coalition, the Eldercare Workforce Alliance, To Address the Critical Shortageof Healthcare Workers Capable of Meeting the Unique Care Needs of Older Adults

January 2009

The National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA/LTC) will hold its 2009 Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, July 11-15.

December 2008

AAHSA Statement on CMS Five-Star Rating System for Nursing Homes From Larry Minnix, president & CEO

November 2008

National Report Documents Attitudes, Practice, and Concerns of Long-Term Care Interdisciplinary Leaders

Statement from Larry Minnix, President & CEO, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging on the release of Sen. Baucus Health Care Reform Proposal

New Resources Translate Workforce Research into Results for Long-term Care Providers

October 2008

State and National Leaders Call for Long-Term Care Financing Reform: Poll Shows Americans Support National Plan to Make LTC Affordable

August 2008

Dr. William A. "Billy" Dodd, Founder of AMDA Dies at Age 87

DE Dr. Combating the Overmedication of the Elderly: Medication-Related Problems Cause Up To 106,000 Deaths Annually

AAHSA Survey and Certification Task Force: The system is broken and can't be fixed

Leading Organizations Call for Recognition of Palliative Care and Pain Treatment as Human Rights

AAHSA Applauds Legislation That Provides New Source of Affordable Housing Funding

AAHSA Applauds CMS Decisions on 2009 Medicare Payment Update for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Rate Recalibration

July 2008

CMS Outlines Plans to Implement E-Prescribing Provisions of MIPPA

Statement from Larry Minnix, AAHSA President & CEO
On the the Expiration of the Medicare Therapy Caps Exceptions Process

June 2008

Statement from Larry Minnix, AAHSA President & CEO
On the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Systems (CMS) Proposed Rating System for Nursing Homes

CMS Outlines Rights of Medicare Hospice Patients

May 2008

Critical New Information Added to Nursing Home Compare Web site

Enhance Your Clinical Knowledge with AAHPM Courses

April 2008

Thirteen Specialty Health-Care Organizations Join Major Primary Care Physicians Groups To Endorse Joint Principles of Patient - Centered Medical Home

Too Few Mental Health Care Workers for Tomorrow's Older Americans

E‑Prescribing Tools to help prevent adverse drug interactions

February 2008 Statement from Mary Jane Koren, Chair of the Steering Committee of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign
January 2008

Mary Jane Koren Chairs Advancing Excellence Campaign

Treatment of Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes

Sutter Solano Medical Center Physician Administrator Richard Jacobs, M.D., Receives Physician of the Year Award

October 2007
September 2007

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation has released a series of five issue briefs on influenza immunization and vaccine supply.

Long Term Care Professional Leadership Council identifies essential core functions

August 2007 Caring for Vulnerable Elders During a Disaster: National Findings of the 2007 Nursing Home Hurricane Summit
June 2007 AAHPM and HPNA invite the submission of proposals for papers and posters for their Annual Assembly
June 2007 Perspectives on the Future of Personal Health Records
April 26, 2007 Update: Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes
April 6, 2007 Record Breaking Attendance for AMDA's 30th Annual Symposium
February 22, 2007 A Snap-Shot of the Use of Health Information Technology, December 2006
February 9, 2007 ACHCA Creates Award to Recognize Administrator Leadership in Top Ranking Long Term Care Facilities in All U.S. States

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