Human-animal interactions (HAI) and animal-assisted services (AAS)—previously known as animal-assisted interventions (AAI)1—in nursing homes are gaining popularity.2 AAS in care settings usually include initiatives with teams of voluntary or...
Overtreatment with glucose-lowering treatment (GLT) is frequent and a source of high morbidity and mortality in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to identify and synthesize barriers and enablers for deprescribing...
Please join Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team, who will highlight CMS’ key 2023 accomplishments and look ahead to how CMS’ 2024 priorities will advance the CMS Strategic...
As described in the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) broadened the opportunities for the public to provide feedback on MVP candidates from 30 days to 45 days...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join If you could take just 30 minutes from your busy work week, close your office door, exhale, and think about something you could do easily to engage your teams, would you do it? A series of virtual sessions on...
Increasing demand for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and increasingly complex medical needs of LTCF residents necessitate recruiting new physician graduates and developing programs which provide them with experience and specific skills in...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused more than 6.5 million deaths worldwide.1 Infection with SARS-CoV-2 disproportionately affects older patients.2 We...
To compare the longitudinal rates of change in cognition and depressive symptoms between 2019 (pre–COVID-19 pandemic) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic) among long-term care facility (LTCF) residents in Iowa, which ranked among the top 10 US states that...
