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CMS Releases Lookup Tool to Help Clinicians Determine Their MIPS Participation Status

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS)
May 12, 2017
Unsure of your participation status in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)? Clinicians can now use an interactive tool on the CMS Quality Payment Program website to determine if they should participate in 2017. To det ermine your status...

CMS Announces Extension for States Under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
May 12, 2017
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a three-year extension for state Medicaid programs to meet the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements for settings operating before March 17, 2014...

Revised CMS SNF Billing Reference Booklet

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation
May 12, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a revised SNF Billing Reference Booklet . The booklet reviews common questions about billing in the SNF, tips and special situations. It also details common situations that happen with...

Digoxin and 30-Day All-Cause Readmission in Long-Term Care Residents Hospitalized for Heart Failure

JAMDA
May 11, 2017
Digoxin use has been shown to be associated with a lower risk of 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions in older patients with heart failure (HF). In the current study, we examined this association among long-term care (LTC) residents hospitalized...

Prevalence of Frailty Assessed by Fried and Kihon Checklist Indexes in a Prospective Cohort Study: Design and Demographics of the Kyoto-Kameoka Longitudinal Study

JAMDA
May 11, 2017
The Kyoto-Kameoka Study was launched in 2011–2012 to identify the associations among food intake, nutritional status, physical activity, oral function, quality of life or social capital, the use of long-term care insurance (LTCI) system, and healthy...

New Board Member’s Journey from Futures to Forward-Thinking Leader

Spotlight
Palliative Care, Certified Medical Director, Quality, Measures, Transitions of Care
May 5, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Randi E. Berkowitz, MD, CMD, may be a new House of Delegates Representation on the Society’s Board of Directors, but she is a devoted and enthusiastic Society veteran who came to the organization as a Foundation...

Improving Advanced Dementia Care: An Interprofessional Palliare Learning Framework

JAMDA
May 4, 2017
Evidence from improvement science and culture change projects leave us in no doubt that improvement is a complex and sometimes fallible undertaking. In long-term care environments, balance is required between efficacious treatment, rehabilitation,...

Validity of Total Kihon Checklist Score for Predicting the Incidence of 3-Year Dependency and Mortality in a Community-Dwelling Older Population

JAMDA
May 4, 2017
To validate the ability of the total Kihon checklist (t-KCL) score to predict the incidence of dependency or death within 3 years in a community-dwelling older population.

“Healthy Aging” Concepts and Measures

JAMDA
May 4, 2017
In 2016, more than 3000 new scientific articles were devoted to “healthy aging” and more than 500 were focused on “successful aging.” Trying to digest this prolific literature highlights the current confusion surrounding the exact meaning of, and...

Using Primary Care Payment Models as a Catalyst for Improvement

JAMDA
May 4, 2017
The Institute of Medicine, defines primary care as “integrated, accessible healthcare services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal healthcare needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and...