As a way of providing more details on the five-part strategy the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking to ensure safety and quality in nursing homes, CMS Administrator Seema Verma has begun a blog series offering more details...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule outlining changes in the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The rule contains a request for information (RFI) on ways to simplify the Merit-Based Incentive Payment...
The Medicare Learning Network is hosting a call on September 10 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET, Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences. During this call, you’ll be able to gain insight on approaches to care for residents living with...
On October 1, the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is replacing the Resource Utilization Group, Version IV (RUG-IV) for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS). CMS has videos to help you prepare: PDPM: What Is...
There has been an increase in the number of visits by older individuals to emergency departments (EDs). The primary cause of this is trauma. The objective of this study was to evaluate the temporal changes in the use of EDs by older individuals for...
To generate evidence of the effectiveness of hip protectors to minimize risk of hip fracture at the time of falling among residents of long-term care (LTC) by contrasting rates of hip fractures between falls with and without hip protectors.
Long-term care (LTC) facilities are being incentivized to shift toward value-based reimbursement, with a focus on achieving the Triple Aim—enhanced patient experience, improved population health, and reduced costs.1,2 High staff turnover is also...
To compare the accumulation of hospital days, a proposed proxy for overall drug safety, between antipsychotic initiators and noninitiators with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
