The updated definition of sarcopenia by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) recommends both low muscle mass and quality to diagnose sarcopenia; concurrent poor physical performance is considered indicative of severe...
To assess (1) the relationship of consumers' assessment of overall nursing home quality to their assessment of specific dimensions of quality; and (2) the implications of this relationship for composite quality measures in Nursing Home Compare.
Older hospitalized patients are at high risk of early readmissions, requiring the implementation of enhanced coordinated transition programs on discharge. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a nurse-led transition bridging...
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.12.016 ) “External Validation and Comparison of Early Readmission’s Risk Scores in Older Adults: Prospective Observational Study”.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Come March 11-14, post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners across the country and around the world will have a unique opportunity to access cutting-edge knowledge, research, and best practices and...
Last week, in advance of the approaching holiday season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urged nursing home staff, residents, and visitors to follow established guidelines for visitation and adherence to the core principles of...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) thanks nursing homes whose staff members have completed the agency’s free training but urges remaining homes to take advantage of this resource. Last week, CMS publicly recognized the 1,092...
In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines its eight original health care compare tools. These original compare tools will retire on December 1, ending this...
On November 16, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an estimated $15 billion decline in improper Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments since 2016. The Medicare FFS estimated improper payment rate decreased to 6.27...
