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Updated eCQM Specifications and eCQM Materials for 2022 Reporting Now Available

Policy Snapshot
June 4, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2022 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and the 2022 performance...

Get an Edge on the Future with Groundbreaking Symposium

Spotlight
June 3, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join How do you determine what issues to address and how to be forward thinking when there are so many topics, concerns, needs, and challenges demanding our attention? “It is like looking over a cliff at the vastness...

Uncontrolled Pain and Risk for Depression and Behavioral Symptoms in Residents With Dementia

JAMDA
June 2, 2021
Limited cohort studies have assessed the association between uncontrolled pain and risk for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs). We conducted a longitudinal cohort study to examine whether associations exist between...

Editors’ Comments

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
As Dr. Jeff’s editor in chief for a decade or so and an avid reader of his wisdom before and since, I am sad to see him stepping down from his podium at Caring. Jeff epitomizes what our Society aspires to — as his dozens of columns clearly...

Your Favorite Columns

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
Although the past year brought events one could never anticipate, Caring has been undergoing a series of carefully planned updates, from a fully revamped website to regular special issues and a fresh crop of new columns and their authors. As Caring’...

Encouraging the Next Generation: Mentoring in Geriatrics

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
For the past several years, I have taught the Final Diagnosis and Management course to adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP) students. Last semester, we integrated into this course some geriatric content such as sarcopenia,...

Policy Throughout The Pandemic

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
“I’ve been coming to these meetings since the mid-’90s, and I’ve been a medical director for 23 years. This past year is unlike any we’ve ever experienced,” said Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, 2021–2022 president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute...

Learning Together About Racism

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
“We’ll all be learning together,” said Mamata Yanamadala, MBBS, chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Workgroup of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine at the beginning of “A Culture of Nursing Home Racism: The...

Opening Panel Mourns a Tragic Year, Looks to a Hopeful Future

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
“It’s been quite a year,” said Joanne Lynn, MD, a policy analyst at the Center to Improve Eldercare at Altarum, at the start of the Opening General Session at PALTC21: the virtual Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term...

The Evolution of Innovation in Long-Term Care: Including Practitioners in the Process

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2021
Post-acute and long-term care isn’t generally known as the area of health care marked by innovation. However, while our sector may be behind in the race, we are catching up fast — partly due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. “When we are...