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The Society Joins Others in Urging CMS to Reduce 2018 MIPs Reporting Period

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
April 19, 2018
This week, AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine joined with the American Medical Association and over 40 national medical specialty societies in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce the 2018...

Apply to Participate in the 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Study on Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures to Receive Improvement Activity Credit for 2018

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
April 19, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting the 2018 Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures Study, as outlined in the Quality Payment Program Year 2 final rule (CMS 5522- FC). CMS is conducting this study to:...

Erratum

JAMDA
April 18, 2018
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10/1016/j.jamda.2017.09.014 ) "Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Frailty in the Toledo Study of Healthy Aging: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study".

Consolidated Medication Review Algorithm to Improve Medications Use in Older Adults: Components, Scoring Scheme, and Implementation

JAMDA
April 18, 2018
Medication review algorithms and minimization frameworks are known to aid reviewers in identifying and discontinuing potentially inappropriate medications, which may otherwise lead older population to harmful events.1 There have been many algorithms...

Cognitive-Based Interventions to Improve Mobility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMDA
April 18, 2018
A strong relation between cognition and mobility has been identified in aging, supporting a role for enhancement mobility through cognitive-based interventions. However, a critical evaluation of the consistency of treatment effects of cognitive-...

Erratum

JAMDA
April 18, 2018
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10/1016/j.jamda.2017.09.014 ) "Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Frailty in the Toledo Study of Healthy Aging: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study".

Consolidated Medication Review Algorithm to Improve Medications Use in Older Adults: Components, Scoring Scheme, and Implementation

JAMDA
April 18, 2018
Medication review algorithms and minimization frameworks are known to aid reviewers in identifying and discontinuing potentially inappropriate medications, which may otherwise lead older population to harmful events.1 There have been many algorithms...

Cognitive-Based Interventions to Improve Mobility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMDA
April 18, 2018
A strong relation between cognition and mobility has been identified in aging, supporting a role for enhancement mobility through cognitive-based interventions. However, a critical evaluation of the consistency of treatment effects of cognitive-...

Meet First NP To Serve on Society Board: Alice Bonner

Spotlight
April 17, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It seems only fitting that Alice Bonner, PhD, APRN, GNP, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, is the first nurse practitioner (NP) to serve on the Society Board of Directors since the organization opened...

Sarcopenic Obesity Revisited: Insights From the Mr and Ms Os Cohort

JAMDA
April 17, 2018
Following the concept of a metabolic load-capacity model, we propose the use of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) to total body fat (TBF) ratio in predicting 4-year physical limitations, physical performance measures, 6-year incident diabetes...