PRACTICE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
The items listed on this web page are American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) products designed to support the medical director. Products are available through AMDA. The links provided on this page will take you to AMDA's catalog and order forms on the AMDA website.
Guide to Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation (Now with SOAP Notes included)
AMDA has revamped its Guide to Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation. The updated publication contains documentation requirements as well as one or two AMDA-developed coding vignettes for each of the nursing home family of codes. The booklet also has frequently asked questions, including a question on the use of the prolonged service codes. Your purchase also includes an exclusive Web site link to examples of the documentation needed for each of the following vignettes (e.g. history and physicals, and subsequent visits in SOAP format).
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Product Code COD4
Member Price: $25.00
Non-Member Price: $35.00
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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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Product Code DC1
Member Price: $15.00
Non-Member Price: $20.00
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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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Product Code MODEL
Member Price: $20.00
Non-Member Price: $35.00
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Protocols for Practitioner 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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Product Code PROT1
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
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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Product Code SYN1
Member Price: $15.00
Non-Member Price: $35.00
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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 very structured level of a formal application for professional services. It will assist the facility and medical director with verifying the qualifications of each attending physician that wishes to serve as a member of the attending physician’s staff and make a decision to grant or deny the right to practice in the facility, and a tool to develop and communicate to the community-based attending physicians.
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Product Code: TOOL1
Member Price: $45.00
Non - Member Price: $65.00
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