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JAMDA
November 1, 2019

Delirium Superimposed Upon Dementia

JAMDA
November 1, 2019
Like the ouroboros, the snake eating another snake which is, in turn, eating the first snake, and also sometimes portrayed as a single snake eating its own tail, so delirium and dementia feed off each other. Delirium leads to dementia and dementia...

Moving From Recommendations to Impact in Post-acute and Long-term Care Research

JAMDA
November 1, 2019
Articles published in JAMDA aim to inform practice and policy in post-acute and long-term care. Three of the articles in the November 2019 issue serve as a good illustration of the promise of research in that regard, and how that promise can be...

Assistance With Eating and Drinking Only When Requested Can Prevent Living With Advanced Dementia

JAMDA
November 1, 2019
Alzheimer's disease and other progressive neurodegenerative dementias are growing as the population ages. Managing dementia is challenging from economic, societal, and ethical perspectives. One significant ethical issue concerns people who want to...

Bipartisan Workforce Legislation Passes House; Expands Federal Geriatrics Training Programs

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the House of Representatives passed legislation—the EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019 (H.R. 2781)—that would reauthorize federal geriatrics workforce programs. The bill was introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Michael C. Burgess (R-...

House Passes Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Policy Snapshot
Hospice, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the House of Representatives passed H.R. 647, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). The bipartisan bill, authored by Reps. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), and Buddy Carter (R-GA), supports palliative...

Society Joins Other Physician Organizations in Addressing Executive Order on Medicare

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the Society, along with the American Medical Association and many other national and state medical societies, sent a letter to Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning language in a recent...

Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Submission Deadline Reminder

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Staffing data from July 1-September 30 must be submitted no later than 45 days from the end of the quarter. The final submission deadline for this quarter is November. Only data successfully submitted by the deadline is considered timely and used on...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS 2019 Web-Based Training Courses

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted six Continuing Medical Education (CME) modules on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Access them by logging into the Medicare Learning Network Learning Management System ...

APM Incentive Payment Details Now Available on QPP.CMS.GOV

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
November 1, 2019
The QPP website has been updated to include 2019 Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Payment details. Clinicians and surrogates can now log in to the QPP website using their HARP credentials to see their APM Incentive Payment details. In...