CMDA Monthly Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, Mar 4, 12 - 1 pm   Recording

1. CU Research Updates:

Cari Levy, MD PhD CMD (Introductions)

Kenneth Lam, MD:  Skilled nursing facility length of stay

Sarguni Singh, MD:  Facilitating transitions from hospital to SNF for patients with cancer

• Beneficiary and Family Centered Care QIOs help Medicare beneficiaries with their concerns about the quality of care they receive from a Medicare provider. You can also contact your BFCC-QIO for help in filing an appeal in a hospital or non-hospital setting if you think your coverage is ending too soon (for example, if your hospital says that you must be discharged and you disagree). 

2. New CME requirements for MD/DO in Colorado:

Lee Anneberg, MD CMD

Physician licensure new CME Requirements

• Colorado Medical Society newsletter
• CO Dept of Regulatory Agencies 
• Free Opioid Competency CME - Copic, through April 2025
• CME tracking spreadsheet - courtesy of Lee Anneberg MD

• Start collecting CME in 2025 by attending the CMDA Annual Conference - friendly reminder courtesy of Sing Palat MD

3. Upcoming CMDA Conference Preview:
Cari Levy, MD PhD CMD:  Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease

• CSF Biomarkers and amyloid-PET in Alzheimer's disease: Article 2025

4. Vaccination Updates:

Greg Gahm, MD FACP

5. Monthly Updates:

CDPHE- Chad Fear

• Medical Director role with upcoming surveyor guidance changes
• Your Role as Medical Director in the Survey Process - PALTmed
•  Long Term Care Roundtable | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - March meeting not available yet. We'll watch for it!

CHCA- Jenny Albertson, NHA

• CHCA Update on NH facility closures, new Bills, telehealth coverage, Medical Director Webinar and Toolkit: Slides

Monthly Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, Feb 4, 12 - 1 pm - Recording

Updates

CDPHE- Chad Fear

CHCA- Jenny Albertson, NHA - Slides

Telligen- Mariah Payne - Slides

Treating Pain in PALTC:  Balancing Treatment and Safety

Leslie Eber, MD, CMD

Slides

Video Recording

Agenda:

Pre-Admission Screen and Resident Review (PASRR) - Slides

Margaret Anderson, Chellie Voss Psy.D, LPC

Updates

CDPHE- Chad Fear

CHCA- Jenny Albertson, NHA - Slides

Telligen- Mariah Payne MSN, RN - Menu of Services

Links to resources and articles:

PASRR Provider Education-Request Status Change-March 2021

The Ways of the RAEs | Colorado Health Institute

Accessing Regional Accountable Entity (RAE) - Covered Behavioral Health Services in Long-term Care Settings

RAE FAQs

Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline - PubMed

Vitamin K2 in Managing Nocturnal Leg Cramps: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Sleep Medicine | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network

Calendar - Colorado Health Care AssociationColorado Health Care Association

It was great to discuss some of the questions about vitamin D supplementation as well as hear the perspectives of our community partners. We appreciate all of our presenters. Slides and webinar recording are available below.

CHCA Update - Telemedicine Extended, Medical Director Tag updates

A Dose of Sunshine: Vitamin D Supplementation in Post-acute and Long-term care Residents

Recording

CMDA Monthly Meeting Tues, Nov 5, 2024

Video Recording

CHCA Jenny Alberson Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs Slides

Telligen: Courtnay Ryan, CMA, Program Specialis Slides

My PALTC Patient Wants to Have Sex....Now What?  How Rehabilitation Can Help

CMDA Monthly Meeting Aug 6, 2024 -12 to 1 PM Mtn

Agenda

Meeting Recording

Pearls from our Partners:

CDPHE: Chad Fear, Nursing Facilities Section Manager

CHCA: Jenny Albertson NHA, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs - Slides

Telligen: Mariah Payne RN MSN, Senior Quality Improvement Facilitator - Slides

Vaccine Recommendations Greg Gahm MD MS FACP - Slides

Public Policy and Advocacy Alex Bardakh, MPP CAE, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Senior Director Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships, AMDA - Slides

CMDA Announcements

CMDA Monthly Meeting Jun 4, 2024, 12 to 1 pm

AGENDA

Meeting Recording

Electronic Death Registration System, CDPHE • Accessing and signing a death record in the EDR - Caroline Zanot and Michelle Cowell, Field Unit, Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics  - Slides - Q&A

Updates from our Partners

• CHCA: Jenny Albertson NHA, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs - Slides

• CDPHE: Chad Fear, Nursing Facilities Section Manager

Candidates for CMDA Executive Board 2024-2025 • Introduced by Leslie Eber MD CMD, CMDA Immediate Past-President / Treasurer: David Shepherd DO CMD / Vice-President: Rebecca Jackson DO CMD / Education Coordinator: Chris Horton MD CMD / Community Liaison: Allison Villegas PAC / President: Sing Palat MD CMD

CMDA Annual Business Meeting • Travis Neill PA-C, MMS, CMDA Treasurer

Agenda

Tuesday, May 7, 12 - 1 pm

Meeting Recording

• Updates
• • Chad Fear, CDPHE
  • Jenny Albertson, CHCA 
  • • CHCA update for CMDA 5-7-24

• Presentation: 
• • The Use of Pharmacogenetic Testing for Psychiatric Medications. 
  • Psychiatrist, Dr. Asma Farooq, MD
  • Slides

Meeting Recording

Dr Vikas Reddy will educate us about where Empagliflozin fits in the appropriate treatment of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Heart failure, like diabetes, has become so complex with so many options, it will be instructive to try to put all of this into focus in order to make better clinical decisions for patients.

Following Dr. Reddy, Dr. Gahm discusses some of the latest geriatric topics such as updates on controversial FDA rulings and an uptick in C. Auris infections.

Dapagliflozin for HF-pEF JAMA 23.pdf

Aprocitentan New HTN Rx 24.docx

Aduhelm discontinuation 24.docx

Microplastics in Plaque 24.docx

Ingrezza for HD FDA 23.docx

CHF Guidelines 23.docx

CMDA Monthly Meeting

April 2, 2024, 12 to 1 pm

Meeting Recording

AGENDA

Updates

CHCA: Jenny Albertson NHA, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs. Slides

CDPHE: Chad Fear, Nursing Facilities Section Manager

Telligen: Mariah Payne MSN RN, Senior Quality Improvement Facilitator

Assessment and Initial Management of Suicidal Ideation Across Long Term Care Settings

Megan Pesansky MSW LSW, Mtl Health Therapist, Wellpower.  Slides

CMDA Annual Conference: Communication and Compassionate Care in Colorado

April 19, 2024, from 7 am – 4 pm at the Denver PPA Event Center

Early Bird Rates expire on April 8 –Sign up before this Monday!

Travis Neill PA-C