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Ask Your Representative to Support the Nursing Home Disclosure Act

Policy Snapshot
January 27, 2023
Representatives Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) re-introduced The Nursing Home Disclosure Act (H. R. 177). The bipartisan bill would require nursing homes to report their medical directors to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

AMDA Resources for Updated PALTC Billing and Coding

Policy Snapshot
January 27, 2023
The CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final finalized significant changes to E/M coding, including the nursing facility family of codes. The 2023 revisions to CPT evaluation and management services, including those for nursing facility services and...

A Roadmap to Promoting Healthcare in Assisted Living

Spotlight
January 25, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “A lot has changed in 20 years,” says Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, at the start of a recent AMDA On-The-Go Podcast, Roadmap to Promoting Healthcare in Assisted Living. She goes on to demonstrate just how much things have...

Design of a Nursing Home Infection Control Peer Coaching Program

JAMDA
January 25, 2023
To pilot test and refine an infection control peer coaching program, Infection Control Amplification in Nursing Centers (ICAN), in partnership with providers.

Erratum

JAMDA
January 23, 2023
Regarding the January 2023 article, Zhang M, et al. Light Therapy to Improve Sleep Quality in Older Adults Living in Residential Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2023;24(1):65-74.

Deprescribing Glucose-Lowering Therapy in Older Adults with Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Recommendations

JAMDA
January 23, 2023
Overtreatment by glucose-lowering treatment (GLT) is frequent, and may induce harmful hypoglycemic events in older people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), significantly increasing morbidity and mortality.1 Avoiding overtreatment by GLT, either by...

CMS to Increase Oversight of Antipsychotics Use

Policy Snapshot
January 20, 2023
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new actions to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and to bring greater transparency...

OIG Releases Report on Nursing Home Infection Rates for COVID-19

January 20, 2023
Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report noting that “better protection are needed for future emergencies” like the COVID-19 pandemic. The report found that “more than a thousand nursing homes reached infection rates of 75...

Register for Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule Educational Session

Policy Snapshot
January 20, 2023
On December 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and...

Register for Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule Educational Session

Policy Snapshot
January 20, 2023
On December 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and...