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HHS Revises Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 23, 2020
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a revision to its reporting requirements for providers that received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. The notice includes revised data elements that recipients must submit for...

Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent: Measure Validity Testing Summary and Re-specifications Report

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 23, 2020
The Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (HVWDII) report analyzes a measure pair focused on visits received by hospice patients in the last days of life, specifically the last week of life. Measure 1 was found to meet the threshold for public...

Implementation of an Algorithm of Cohort Classification to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
October 22, 2020
Older adults living in nursing homes are the most vulnerable group of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many difficulties in isolating residents and limiting the spread in this setting. We have developed a simple algorithm with a traffic light format...

Safe Interorganizational Health Information Exchange During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
October 22, 2020
Accurate and timely transmission of medical records between skilled nursing facilities and acute care settings has been logistically problematic. Often people are sent to the hospital with a packet of paper records, which is easily misplaced. The...

Symptom Burden and Unmet Support Needs of Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study in Asia-Pacific Regions

JAMDA
October 22, 2020
Support care is rarely assessed and offered to people with long-term neurologic conditions, particularly Parkinson's disease. This study aimed to assess the symptom burden and unmet support care needs in people with mild to severe Parkinson's...

From Passion to Project: An Award-Winner Shares Her Inspiring Journey

October 21, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join In a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, guest Fatima Sheikh, MD, MPH, CMD, spoke with great passion and optimism about quality improvement, encouraging young practitioners, patient-centered care planning, and more. Her...

Nursing Home Residents Face Severe Functional Limitation or Death After Hospitalization for Pneumonia

JAMDA
October 21, 2020
Pneumonia is a common cause of hospitalization for nursing home residents and has increased as a cause for hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Risks of hospitalization, including significant functional decline, are important considerations...

Incident Impaired Cognitive Function in Sarcopenic Obesity: Data From the National Health and Aging Trends Survey

JAMDA
October 21, 2020
The prevalence of obesity with sarcopenia is increasing in adults aged ≥65 years. This geriatric syndrome places individuals at risk for synergistic complications that leads to long-term functional decline. We ascertained the relationship between...

Substantial Differences in Turnover Intention Between Direct Care Workers in Chinese Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities

JAMDA
October 20, 2020
High retention rates among direct care workers (DCWs) affect the quality of aged care. However, limited research has explored factors associated with retention in China's aged care industry. This study compared turnover intention among DCWs in...

October 18, 2020

Weekly Roundup
October 18, 2020
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