Sarcopenia has been classically defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function that occurs with advancing age. According to the original definition of the European Working Group of Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP),1 diagnosis of...
Last week, Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) introduced the bipartisan EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019 (H.R. 2781) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill reauthorizes many workforce programs under Title VII of the...
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Review your performance data by May 30, prior to public display on Nursing Home Compare in July 2019. Corrections to...
Beginning this year, all Promoting Interoperability Program participants must use 2015 Edition Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology (CEHRT) to avoid a downward Medicare payment adjustment. 2019 CEHRT requirements: Did not need to be...
Older people resident in care homes often rely on staff for support relating to their activities of daily living, including intimate care such as continence care. Managing fecal incontinence can be challenging for both residents and care staff. We...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA On-The-Go host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, started his May 13 podcast with a brief history of the Society’s Certified Medical Director (CMD) designation. “The vision was that a certified medical director...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA On-The-Go podcast host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, asked some tough questions at the beginning of his April 29 show on Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care Facilities. Specifically, “In the...
Nonpharmacologic therapies are often recommended as a first-line treatment for orthostatic hypotension (OH). However, the true effect of nonpharmacologic therapy remains unclear, particularly in the older population. We undertook a systematic review...
