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Quality Payment Program: MIPS Low-Volume Threshold Criteria for 2019

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Practitioners
December 12, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added a third low-volume threshold criterion for determining Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligibility for 2019. Clinicians and groups are excluded from MIPS if they: Billed $90,...

The Association of Oral Bisphosphonate Use With Mortality Risk Following a Major Osteoporotic Fracture in the United Kingdom: Population-Based Cohort Study

JAMDA
December 12, 2019
Bisphosphonates (BPs) might have extra benefits in reducing mortality because of their anti-atherosclerotic effects, but studies reported conflicting results. We investigated the association between oral BP use and mortality risk following a major...

With QIHO Awards, Out-of-the-Box Thinking Takes Center Stage

Spotlight
December 11, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Look around. Innovation is everywhere. Each year, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recognizes cutting-edge quality improvement projects that are touching lives and making a positive...

Measurement of Dynamical Resilience Indicators Improves the Prediction of Recovery Following Hospitalization in Older Adults

JAMDA
December 10, 2019
Acute illnesses and subsequent hospital admissions present large health stressors to older adults, after which their recovery is variable. The concept of physical resilience offers opportunities to develop dynamical tools to predict an individual's...

Epidemiology of Antibiotic Use for Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
December 7, 2019
Describe antibiotic use for urinary tract infection (UTI) among a large cohort of US nursing home residents.

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Navigating PALTC
December 6, 2019
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Webinar Will Make Treating Sleep Disorders a Dream

Spotlight
December 5, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With sleep disorders common in older adults, including up to two-thirds of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) residents, managing these issues can keep practitioners up at night. The good news, says Christopher...

The Society Submits Written Testimony to Ways and Means in Response to Aging Hearing

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, Antipsychotics, Practitioners
December 5, 2019
The Society recently submitted written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee in relation to a recent hearing entitled “Caring for Aging Americans.” The Society’s comments focused around the use of antipsychotics, telemedicine in long-term...

Direct Contracting Risk-Sharing Options: Submit Letter of Intent by December 10

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners
December 5, 2019
Direct contracting creates a variety of pathways for health care providers and suppliers to take on financial risk supported by enhanced flexibilities. Because the model reduces burden, supports a focus on complex, chronically and seriously ill...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS Exception Applications due December 31

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Practitioners
December 5, 2019
If you are interested in applying for a Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exception or Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception for the 2019 Performance Year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), you must submit your...