To describe pressure injury (PrI) prevalence, comorbidities, and rehabilitation utilization among older adults with stroke at skilled nursing facilities’ (SNFs’) admission assessment.
We are writing to report on an innovative private-public partnership to improve outcomes in post-acute facilities. We collaborated in a novel partnership between Project ECHO (Extensions for Community Health Outcomes), state agencies, and managed...
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System, which integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) gets a hold on people, it doesn’t let go. Just ask Danny Felty, MD, FAAFP, CMD, a new state presidents council representative on the AMDA Board of Directors. He was a...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first-ever home and community-Based Services (HCBS) quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs. The...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2023 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG) , Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician Programs. The 2023 CMS QRDA...
To examine changes in urinary continence for post-acute, Complex Continuing Care hospital patients from time of admission to short-term follow-up, either in hospital or after discharge to long-term care or home with services.
To summarize current evidence regarding facility and prescriber characteristics associated with potentially harmful medication (PHM) use by residents in nursing homes (NHs), which could inform the development of interventions to reduce this...
