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National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator on July 19

Policy Snapshot
July 15, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how the agency’s cross-cutting initiatives are advancing CMS’ Strategic Plan...

Post-Acute Care Report to Congress: Prototype Unified Payment for Medicare

Policy Snapshot
July 15, 2022
On July 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a prototype for a unified post-acute care (PAC) prospective payment system in a Report to Congress , required by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT)...

Long Term Care Facilities: Nursing Home Five Star Rating Changes

Policy Snapshot
July 15, 2022
With the July 2022 Care Compare refresh, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System to include weekend staffing and staff turnover measures. More Information: Fact sheet Nursing...

COVID-19: FDA Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe PAXLOVID with Certain Limits

Policy Snapshot
July 15, 2022
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for PAXLOVID (nirmatrelvir co-packaged with ritonavir) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in certain adults and pediatric patients at high risk for...

SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Policy Snapshot
July 15, 2022
The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC)...

Impact of Upgraded Lighting on Falls in Care Home Residents

JAMDA
July 15, 2022
Falls in care home residents have major health and economic implications. Given the impact of lighting on visual acuity, alertness, and sleep and their potential influence on falls, we aimed to assess the impact of upgraded lighting on the rate of...

Scoping Review of Randomized Trials With Discontinuation of Medicines in Older Adults

JAMDA
July 15, 2022
To map the randomized trial evidence describing the feasibility of discontinuing active medications with potential adverse effects in older patients.

Quality of Life and Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents: A 1-Year Observational Study

JAMDA
July 14, 2022
To compare the evolution of quality of life (QoL) in nursing home residents (NHRs) with and without (hospitalization for) pneumonia.

Clinical Practice Steering Committee Embraces the Digital Age

Spotlight
July 13, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA’s Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) have long been an important resource for practitioners and their teams in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). Now the Clinical Practice Steering Committee is focusing...

Multicomponent or Resistance Training for Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
July 13, 2022
To perform a systematic review with meta-analysis to verify the effects of multicomponent and resistance training on the physical performance in older adult residents in long-term care, as well as to compare these modalities.