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CMS Open Door Forum Call on April 13

Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2023
The next Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2023, 2:00–3:00 PM ET. See the agenda here . To participate in this conference...

CMS Revises Guidance for Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies

Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded memorandum QSO-20-31-ALL , the Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies, and replaced it with memorandum QSO-23-10-NH , revised guidance for Strengthened Enhanced...

Letter to the Editor in Response to Paul Katz et al: “Raising the Bar for Physicians Practicing in Nursing Homes: Is Specialty Status the Answer?”

JAMDA
March 31, 2023
Our current health care system is failing to meet the needs of our population, particularly with regard to chronic illness and post-acute and long-term care (PA-LTC). Despite widespread dissatisfaction, major reforms are not in sight.

Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring in Patients Hospitalized at Home: Burden or Benefit?

JAMDA
March 31, 2023
Hospital-at-Home (HaH) programs are increasingly popular alternatives to inpatient hospitalization,1-3 proving to be a tenable model of care especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.4,5 They demonstrated benefits of shorter lengths of stay,2 improved...

Frailty and Time at Home After Post-Acute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities

JAMDA
March 31, 2023
To examine the association of a claims-based frailty index with time at home, defined as the number of days alive and spent out of hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF).

Optimizing the Use of Gabapentin: A Drive to Deprescribe Special Podcast

Spotlight
March 30, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Medication optimization is a hot topic in post-acute and long-term care and a focus of AMDA’s very popular Drive to Deprescribe initiative. Now practitioners have yet another opportunity to address their...

Protection from Omicron Infection in Residents of Nursing and Retirement Homes in Ontario, Canada

JAMDA
March 28, 2023
To identify factors that contribute to protection from infection with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in older adults in nursing and retirement homes.

Association between Serum Klotho and Physical Frailty in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Finding From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

JAMDA
March 28, 2023
To date, no consensus has been reached regarding the role of klotho in the development of frailty. This study aimed to examine the relationship between serum klotho and physical frailty and to explore potential age, sex, and racial/ethnic...

Pneumonia-Associated Emergency Transfers, Functional Decline, and Mortality in Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
March 27, 2023
To describe nursing home residents (NHRs) transferred to the emergency department (ED) with pneumonia, and investigate the association of pneumonia with functional ability and mortality.

What Factors Increase Odds of Long-Stay Delayed Discharge in Alternate Level of Care Patients?

JAMDA
March 27, 2023
The objective of this study was to determine the factors that increase the odds of long-stay delayed discharge in alternate level of care (ALC) patients using data collected from the Ontario Wait Time Information System (WTIS) database.