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Report Shows Long-Term Care Staffing Shortages By State

Policy Snapshot
April 29, 2022
A recent report from the Seniorly Resource Center breaks down long-term care facility staffing shortages by state and notes that an average of about one-quarter of long-term care facilities have reported shortages in nursing staff so far in 2022, an...

CMS Releases Informational Benchmarks to Help MIPS-Eligible Clinicians Prepare for the 2023 Performance Period

Policy Snapshot
April 29, 2022
As finalized in the Calendar Year 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is removing the 3-point scoring floor in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for quality measures that can...

Medications Associated With Geriatric Syndromes (MAGS) and Hospitalization Risk in Home Health Care Patients

JAMDA
April 28, 2022
Polypharmacy is common in home health care (HHC). This study examined the prevalence of medications associated with geriatric syndromes (MAGS), its predictors, and association with subsequent hospitalization in HHC.

Medical Directors and CNAs Work Together to Improve Care, Trust, Outcomes

Spotlight
April 27, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join What do your certified nursing assistants (CNAs) want you to know? This was the topic of a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast. Guests Lori Porter, CEO and co-founder of the National Association of Health Care Assistants...

Reduced Pneumonia Risk in Advanced Dementia Patients on Careful Hand Feeding Compared With Nasogastric Tube Feeding

JAMDA
April 27, 2022
To compare survival and pneumonia risk among hospitalized patients with advanced dementia on nasogastric tube feeding (NGF) vs careful hand feeding (CHF) and to examine outcomes by feeding problem type.

Differential Association of Frailty and Sarcopenia With Mortality and Disability: Insight Supporting Clinical Subtypes of Frailty

JAMDA
April 23, 2022
Sarcopenia and frailty have been shown separately to predict disability and death in old age. Our aim was to determine if sarcopenia may modify the prognosis of frailty regarding both mortality and disability, raising the existence of clinical...

HHS Releases New Data and Report on Hospital and Nursing Home Ownership

Policy Snapshot
April 22, 2022
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) acted to promote competition and transparency in our nation’s health- care system that can improve the safety and quality of nursing homes and hospitals. The Centers for Medicare &...

Register for the 2022 Merit-based Incentive Payment System Overview Webinar from CMS

Policy Snapshot
April 22, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a Quality Payment Program (QPP) webinar this Tuesday, April 26, from 1:00–2:30 PM ET. This presentation will provide an overview of the requirements for the Merit-based Incentive...

CMS Health Equity Symposium on April 28

Policy Snapshot
April 22, 2022
This webinar will be held this Thursday, April 28, from 1:00–2:30 PM ET. During the session, the Office of Minority Health will discuss: How CMS is operationalizing health equity across all relevant programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, the...

Lofty But Doable: Making More of a Good Thing for a Great Workforce

Spotlight
April 21, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “It sounds lofty, but it’s doable if we start one step at a time,” says JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MSN, MBA, FAAN, of a new AMDA effort aimed at developing action plans post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities...