Within the aging population, people are living longer with chronic and severe illnesses. At times over the course of disease progression, patients with severe illnesses may lose decision-making capacity. In those situations, the decision-making...
Geriatrics is a strong common bond linking the medical and surgical specialties, because much of surgical practice involves older persons. Indeed, many of the largest surgical specialties primarily serve patients aged 65 and older, including...
Last week, President Biden released his fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Here are the highlights: $641 million in FY 2023 for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts with...
Last week, the Society joined the American Medical Association and other national specialty societies in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to propose an alternate policy in the calendar year 2023 Medicare Physician...
The Society joined the American Medical Association and other national medical specialty societies in asking the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) to reopen the reporting period for at least 60 days to applicable Provider Relief...
We thank Drs Tasci and Naharci for their interest in our recent manuscript.1 First, according to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) consensus, the diagnosis of malnutrition should include at least 1 phenotypic criterion (either...
