The medical director is an important member of the healthcare team in a nursing home, and
is responsible for overall coordination of care and for implementation of policies related to …

In 1974, in response to perceived quality-of-care problems, Medicare regulations, for the first
time, required that a physician serve as medical director in skilled nursing facilities and be …

The place of the medical director in the acute care general hospital is discussed. The federal
legislation mandating medical directors for nursing homes is summarized, and is criticized …

Physicians have a legal and ethical responsibility to provide leadership in the care of our
institutionalized elderly. In the nursing home, this responsibility includes three components …

Objective To evaluate what nursing home medical directors actually do, what they and other
nursing home personnel believe would be desirable to do, and what problems and …

Abstract In June 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its
revised regulations for nursing facility medical directors and guidance to state surveyors …

A recent article in the Journal found that the presence of a certified medical director (CMD) in
a nursing home is an independent predictor of higher quality. 1 The American Medical …

The federal requirement for skilled nursing facilities to retain medical directors, which
became effective on January 2, 1976, introduced a concept that was totally new to many …

Objective To compare the self‐reported role of nursing home medical directors in 1989 (prior
to the implementation of the nursing home reform amendments of OBRA 87 in 1990) with the …

OBJECTIVES: To identify the impact of the regulations implemented in Maryland in 2001,
related to nursing home attending physicians and medical directors, and nursing home …