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Medical Societies Unite in Support of Proposed Prior Authorization Reforms

Policy Snapshot
February 17, 2023
The Society, along with the American Medical Association (AMA) and 118 other leading medical societies, united in strong support of the meaningful prior authorization reforms proposed for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare prescription drug benefit...

National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on February 22

Policy Snapshot
February 17, 2023
National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on February 22 Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this Wednesday, February 22, 2023. at 3:00 PM ET for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers,...

Council Puts Behavioral Health Front and Center

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February 16, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When AMDA established the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in 2020, the group hit the ground running. It continues to evolve and take on new projects and challenges, currently under the leadership of co-chairs...

Relationship Between Physical Symptoms and Loneliness in Patients with Heart Failure: The Serial Mediating Roles of Activities of Daily Living and Social Isolation

JAMDA
February 15, 2023
This study aimed to examine the multiple mediation effects of activities of daily living and social isolation on the relationship between physical symptoms and loneliness in patients with heart failure.

Excitement Builds for AMDA Family Reunion at PALTC23

Spotlight
February 10, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As the time for PALTC23 in Tampa, FL, nears, the excitement of Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD, grows. The chair of the Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee looks forward to March 9-12 and the first fully in...

IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP February 15, 2023, Submission Deadline Reminder

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. IRF Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) assessment data and...

CMS Approves Suppression of the 2022 Performance Period Quality Measure #238: Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults for the Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) Collection Type

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Performance Period Suppressed and Truncated MIPS Quality Measures List announcing that quality measure 238: Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults will be suppressed for...

HHS Releases Initial Guidance for Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s new prescription drug law, drug companies for the first time ever will pay rebates to Medicare when their prescription drug prices increase faster than the rate of inflation for certain drugs...

Association Between Pollution and Frailty in Older People: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the UK Biobank

JAMDA
February 9, 2023
Frailty is a relevant issue in older people, being associated with several negative outcomes. Increasing literature is reporting that pollution (particularly air pollution) can increase the risk of frailty, but the research is still limited. We...

Nursing Home to Nursing Home Transfers during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
February 9, 2023
To examine the nursing home to nursing home transfer rates before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic and to identify risk factors associated with those transfers in a state with a policy to create COVID-19-care nursing homes.