AMDA Resource Catalog - Print Materials

Guide to Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation in Long Term Care

Updated for 2008, this handy pocket guide provides a description of the latest coding changes and coding modifications, including the 2006 new and revised nursing home and domiciliary codes. The booklet also lists the new time parameters that were ascribed to nursing facility codes. Topics include home visit services, care plan oversight services, consultation services as well as vignettes of situations where the various codes are applicable, and frequently asked questions on non physician practitioners, consultation services, hospice, discharge issues, assisted living, and subacute care. The guide also provides definitions for commonly used terms in coding such as "new and established patient", "concurrent care", and "nature of prescribing problem". Your purchase also includes a pocket-sized folding card that you can quickly reference anywhere at anytime!*

*pocket size coding book does not include clinical examples or FAQs
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Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates

New for 2006, the Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates are designed to assist physicians through the often 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 the cause of death.

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

This model agreement contract package is intended to serve as a guide for agreements for medical director services for nursing facilities. The complete package 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. The newly revised package also includes information relevant to the updated Medical Director 501 FTag and Stark II prohibition on physician self-referral. (Revised 2006)

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Protocols for Physician Notification: Assessing and Collecting Data on Nursing Facility Patients - A Guide for Nurses on Effective Communication with Physicians

AMDA has updated the manual designed to assist nursing staff in patient assessment and data collection prior to notifying a physician of clinical problems in facility residents.   This allows the physician to receive more complete information about the patient and his or her problems in order to facilitate decision making and enhanced patient care. The appendices include various assessment tools as well as a comprehensive table with suggested guidelines for physician notification of various clinical problems in facility residents, indicating whether a condition warrants immediate, non-immediate or routine notification. This publication is useful as a handy reference that requires little orientation to its use.   Nearly 100 Conditions are listed in alphabetical order, cross referenced throughout with suggested data and assessments for presenting each condition. This is a “must-have” tool for any practitioner who wants to maximize the efficiency of the interdisciplinary team and enhance patient care. This manual may be used as an in-service guide.

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

An indispensable resource tool for medical directors and other long term care practitioners, the Synopsis of Federal Regulations contains summary charts emphasizing clinical requirements and interpretive guidelines for surveyors as published in the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) State Operations Manual. Although the surveyors are instructed to follow the requirements and to use the Interpretive Guidelines only as guidance, they will most likely follow the Interpretive Guidelines when deciding whether and to what extent facilities meet the intent of the requirements. The Synopsis also contains “Recommendations for Medical Directors and Attending Physicians”—AMDA’s suggestions for physician compliance and good quality long term medical care. (Updated Quarterly)

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