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COVID-19 Care Site-Specific Call for Nursing Homes on October 28

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 23, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosts calls for certain types of organizations on an intermittent basis to provide targeted updates on the agency’s latest COVID-19 guidance. One to two leaders in the field also share best...

Society Pleased to See Senate Letter Asking for Changes to Telehealth, Medical Director Registry

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 23, 2020
This week, the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar asking the agency to implement a set of recommendations to combat Alzheimer’s disease. In the letter...

HHS Revises Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 23, 2020
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a revision to its reporting requirements for providers that received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. The notice includes revised data elements that recipients must submit for...

Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent: Measure Validity Testing Summary and Re-specifications Report

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 23, 2020
The Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (HVWDII) report analyzes a measure pair focused on visits received by hospice patients in the last days of life, specifically the last week of life. Measure 1 was found to meet the threshold for public...

Implementation of an Algorithm of Cohort Classification to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
October 22, 2020
Older adults living in nursing homes are the most vulnerable group of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many difficulties in isolating residents and limiting the spread in this setting. We have developed a simple algorithm with a traffic light format...

Safe Interorganizational Health Information Exchange During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
October 22, 2020
Accurate and timely transmission of medical records between skilled nursing facilities and acute care settings has been logistically problematic. Often people are sent to the hospital with a packet of paper records, which is easily misplaced. The...

Symptom Burden and Unmet Support Needs of Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study in Asia-Pacific Regions

JAMDA
October 22, 2020
Support care is rarely assessed and offered to people with long-term neurologic conditions, particularly Parkinson's disease. This study aimed to assess the symptom burden and unmet support care needs in people with mild to severe Parkinson's...

From Passion to Project: An Award-Winner Shares Her Inspiring Journey

October 21, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join In a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, guest Fatima Sheikh, MD, MPH, CMD, spoke with great passion and optimism about quality improvement, encouraging young practitioners, patient-centered care planning, and more. Her...

Nursing Home Residents Face Severe Functional Limitation or Death After Hospitalization for Pneumonia

JAMDA
October 21, 2020
Pneumonia is a common cause of hospitalization for nursing home residents and has increased as a cause for hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Risks of hospitalization, including significant functional decline, are important considerations...

Incident Impaired Cognitive Function in Sarcopenic Obesity: Data From the National Health and Aging Trends Survey

JAMDA
October 21, 2020
The prevalence of obesity with sarcopenia is increasing in adults aged ≥65 years. This geriatric syndrome places individuals at risk for synergistic complications that leads to long-term functional decline. We ascertained the relationship between...