I read with interest the recent article by Kua et al regarding deprescribing for nursing home residents.1 The authors reported a significant reduction in mortality associated with deprescribing (odds ratio [OR] 0.90, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0...
The assessment of renal function drives many therapeutic and diagnostic decisions in everyday practice. Serum creatinine concentration (Cr) provides an unreliable estimate of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the optimal measure of which relies on...
We examined the influence of individual characteristics and organizational context features on nurses' self-reported use of research evidence in long-term care (LTC) homes.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The June 10 AMDA On-The-Go podcast--Are SNFs Dealt an Impossible Hand?—started on a bit of a discouraging note. However, program guest (and Society president) Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF, quickly turned the...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As medical cannabis use becomes more popular and prevalent in the United States, post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities and practitioners can expect to encounter questions, concerns, demands, and...
On June 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update the Part D e-prescribing program by adopting standards that ensure secure transmissions and expedite prior authorizations. Under the proposed...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting Notices of Intent to Apply (NOIAs) via the Accountable Care Organization Management System (ACO-MS) for a January 1, 2020, start date. You must submit a NOIA if you intend to apply...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Guidehouse to conduct data validation and audits of a select number of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians. Data validation and audits are...
We developed an instrument to assess nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL), with a focus on QOL-related factors modifiable through nursing home care, within the South Korean context; then, we tested its validity and reliability.
Sarcopenia is a disease characterized by a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength and is related to physical impairment, disability, worse clinical outcomes, and mortality in all health care settings.1 An important fact is that it is...
