Effective January 1, for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) payment of office and outpatient Evaluation and Management (E/M) visits (CPT codes 99201 through 99215), Medicare generally adopted the new AMA coding, language, and interpretive guidance...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With a new year comes new opportunities. Among them is an addition to the AMDA On-The-Go podcast family that lets you ‘listen’ to the latest issue of Caring for the Ages , AMDA’s popular news magazine. The...
This study aimed to identify the heterogeneous disability trajectories among older Chinese adults and examine the association between disability trajectories and health care service utilization.
Older adults represent 19% of Canada's population but account for half the hospitalizations. Hospitalization exacerbates loss of muscle function, physical performance,1 or daily living2 activities due to bed rest. These declines lead to increased...
To investigate the effects of a caregiver training program on the oral hygiene of caregivers and patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to identify program components and parameters for accurate assessment of outcomes.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has challenged the health care system's capacity to care for acutely ill patients. In a collaborative partnership between a health system and a skilled nursing facility (SNF), we developed and implemented an SNF...
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out throughout the country, the Society released a statement indicating that all residents and healthcare workers in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities should get vaccinated if they are eligible...
