To design a questionnaire to evaluate and distinguish between cognitive and physical aspects of fatigue in different age groups of “nondiseased” people and guide appropriate prevention and interventions for the impact of frailty occurring in...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The practice management sessions at the AMDA Annual Conference explore both the clinical and operational sides of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practice; and this approach appeals to people like Michelle...
Last week the Society submitted comments to Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI), the co-sponsors of the CURES 2.0 plan. CURES 2.0 will aim to improve care delivery and look at how it is possible to modernize coverage and access to life-...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC to develop episode-based cost measures for their potential use in the cost performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). As part of...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2020 performance period electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) flows for eligible clinicians and eligible professionals, which provide: An additional resource to help you...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention, Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC), for family caregivers of individuals with dementia.
Fractures pose a significant burden to the health, quality of life, and mortality of older adults residing in long-term care (LTC)1,2 or receiving home care (HC) services.3 The costs associated with fractures in Canada are $274 million and $1.03...
To profile the characteristics of growing numbers of sepsis survivors receiving home healthcare (HHC) by type of sepsis before, during, and after a sepsis hospitalization and identify characteristics significantly associated with 7-day readmission.
Your eligibility status may have changed for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Check the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to view your final 2019 eligibility status:...