Hydraulic and spring-type handgrip dynamometers are frequently used for measuring handgrip strength.1 Maximal handgrip strength is considered a convenient and reliable measure of muscle function that is often used in clinical and research settings.2...
This week, the Society joined 69 other organizations of the Leadership Council of Aging Organization (LACO) in urging Congress to provide funding to expand coverage and access to the COVID-19 vaccine. The group asked that leaders provide additional...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline to submit 2020 data for the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program to April 1, 2021, at 11:59 PM ET. Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program participants are...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct QCDR measure concept preview calls for the 2022 performance period between February 22, 2021, and June 4, 2021. The last day to request a call is May 21, 2021 . To request a 2022...
Effective January 1, for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) payment of office and outpatient Evaluation and Management (E/M) visits (CPT codes 99201 through 99215), Medicare generally adopted the new AMA coding, language, and interpretive guidance...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With a new year comes new opportunities. Among them is an addition to the AMDA On-The-Go podcast family that lets you ‘listen’ to the latest issue of Caring for the Ages , AMDA’s popular news magazine. The...
This study aimed to identify the heterogeneous disability trajectories among older Chinese adults and examine the association between disability trajectories and health care service utilization.
