AMDA Resource Guide - Practice Management Tools
AMDA Model Medical Director Agreement and Supplemental Materials: Medical Director of a Nursing Facility
This package serves as a guide for agreements for medical director services in nursing facilities. It includes a model agreement between the medical director and the nursing facility; performance requirements and the roles and responsibilities of a medical director; AMDA’s statement on compensation for medical director services; and CMS requirements for medical directors; as well as information relevant to the updated Medical Director 501 FTag and Stark II prohibition on physician self-referral.
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Product Code MODEL
Member Price: $20.00
Non-Member Price: $35.00
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Clinical Practice Guideline: Certified Nursing Assistants (CD-Rom)
The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nursing Assistants slide set is an educational resource that provides the nursing assistant with the information they need for a better understanding of specific conditions and care of the resident with dementia, depression, diabetes, falls/osteoporosis, pain, pressure ulcers and urinary incontinence. The CD-Rom includes sign-in sheets, Power Point presentations with speaker notes, and post-inservice activities for each topic.
The slides can be used to assist in teaching nursing assistants the signs and symptoms that a resident who has or is at risk for having those conditions might display while providing the nursing assistant with a framework for observation and communication regarding the status of their residents. The nursing assistant will learn the skills needed to become a dynamic member of the interdisciplinary team by providing pertinent information regarding the resident and assisting the team to identify the resident's functional abilities, goals and concerns.
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Product Code: CPG-NA
Member Price: $40
Non-member Price: $56
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Guide to Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation
The publication contains documentation requirements as well as AMDA-developed coding vignettes for each of the nursing home family of codes. The booklet also addressesfrequently asked questions, such as a question on the use of the prolonged service codes. Purchase includes an exclusive Web site link to examples of the documentation needed.
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Product Code COD4R
Member Price: $25.00
Non-Member Price: $35.00
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Know-It-All Before You Call - Data Collection Cards
These data collection cards are intended to help nursing staff evaluate patients and collect data before notifying a practitioner of changes of condition in nursing facility residents.  This allows the practitioner to receive more complete, clinically important information about the patient and his or her problem in order to facilitate clinical decision-making.
Studies show that practitioners value a complete and accurate history more than any other factor (e.g., physical exam and labs) to help them diagnose and manage residents appropriately. Appropriate use of these cards should help improve communication between practitioners and the licensed nurse, and ultimately improve patient care. Medical directors, directors of nursing and staff educators may also want to use the card contents as an educational tool to train staff about change of condition issues.
Included are introductory cards on how to use the set and 78 change of condition cards listed alphabetically.
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Product Code: KNOW
Member Price: $45
Non-Member Price: $65
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Know-it-All When You're Called Diagnosing System: Essential Clincial Data Exchange, A Guide for Attending Practitioners on Change of Condition
Portable diagnosis tool to take the guess work out of your patients’ acute change of condition! Organized content for each condition, including specific physical data, medical history, suggested geriatric diagnoses related to the given data, guidance on whether to keep the patient in the facility or send out to the hospital, how and when to follow-up, and more. Two convenient formats: Buy the pocket-sized guide and get the mobile version free.
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Product Code: KNOW2
Member Price: $45
Non-Member Price: $65
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Know-it-All Set (includes both Data Cards and Diagnosing System)
The set includes:
- Know-it-All Before You Call - Data Collection Cards
- Know-it-All When You're Called Diagnosing System
Purchasing the set includes a savings of $10.00.
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Product Code: KNSET
Member Price: $80
Non-Member Price: $120
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Multidisciplinary Medication Management Manual
Medication management is an important part of quality care in the long-term care (LTC) setting. Despite the best efforts of dedicated practitioners and interdisciplinary team leaders, however, it is difficult to eliminate medication errors and adverse drug events. Medication errors endanger the health of the geriatric population, fill emergency rooms and hospital beds, and contribute to escalating health care costs. In keeping with the multidisciplinary nature of the LTC setting, this manual is designed to be used by practitioners, licensed nursing staff, administrators, licensed therapists, pharmacists, surveyors, and other caregivers in the LTC setting.
It is the responsibility of every team member in the LTC continuum to address the problem of medication errors and to take an active role in implementing solutions. Effective communication channels, interdisciplinary skills and knowledge, and streamlined management systems all contribute to more appropriate medication management and better patient outcomes.
The purpose of this manual is to provide practitioners in the LTC setting with information and tools to help them improve patient care, enhance medication management, and reduce medication errors. These improvements will occur through the active and informed involvement of interdisciplinary team leaders and members and the use of tools that are user-friendly and effective.
By using the guidance in this manual professionals should be able to
- Identify both actual and potential medication-related problems,
- Improve systems and processes of care,
- Reduce the clinical and financial impact of inappropriate medication use,
- Provide medication management education to members of the interdisciplinary team, and
- Improve the medical care of LTC patients through more appropriate medication use.
This manual consists of an introduction, 15 chapters and an appendix.
- Prescribing
- Transcribing
- Documentation
- Therapeutic Goals
- Appropriate Prescribing of Psychoactive Agents in the Long-Term Care Setting
- Drug Concentrations and Laboratory Monitoring Related to Drug Therapy
- Medication Administration
- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Preventing, Identifying, and Resolving Adverse Medication Events
- Optimizing Medication Dispensing, Delivery, and Verification
- Infusion Services in the Long-Term Care Setting
- Formulary Management and Drug Utilization
- Controlled Substances
- Role of the Interdisciplinary Team in Medication Management
- Role of the Medical Director in Medication Management
- Quality Assurance in Medication Management
This manual with over 200 pages is available for the introductory price of $110 for AMDA members and $150 for non-members.
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Product Code: MED
Member Price: $110
Non-Member Price: $150
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Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates
Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-physician practitioners during the process of pronouncing and certifying death; and in-depth information about properly completing cause of death documentation.
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Product Code DC1
Member Price: $15.00
Non-Member Price: $20.00
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Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors (Updated as New Tags are released)
Synopsis of Federal Regulations in the Nursing Facility: Implications for Attending Physicians and Medical Directors
An indispensable resource tool for medical directors, attending physicians and other long term care practitioners, the Synopsis of Federal Regulations contains summary charts outlining clinical requirements and interpretive guidelines for surveyors as published in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) State Operations Manual. The Synopsis also contains “Recommendations for Medical Directors and Attending Physicians” — AMDA’s suggestions for physician compliance and quality long term medical care. Updates are made as new Tags are released.
AMDA now offers both an electronic copy of the document with links to the federal regulations that you can access instantly after purchase and the hard copy for use in your facility.
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Product Code SYN1
Member Price: $20.00
Non-Member Price: $40.00
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Tool Kit for Managing Attending Physicians
This kit addresses a range of needs from a basic level of acknowledgement to the structured level of a formal application for professional services. It will assist the facility and medical director with verifying qualifications of each attending physician who wishes to serve on staff and make a decision to grant or deny the right to practice in the facility. It also serves as a tool to develop and communicate to the community-based attending physicians.
*This kit includes the Model Medical Director Agreement and the Synopsis of Federal Regulations.
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Product Code: TOOL2
Member Price: $45.00
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$65.00
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