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March 31, 2019

Weekly Roundup
March 31, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join At the 2019 Annual Conference, AMDA On-The-Go was recorded live in front of a studio audience on "The State of Geriatric Medicine Education" with a special guest, Heidi White, MD, CMD. “There will be an anticipated...

House Committee to Hold Surprise Billing Hearing

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status, Practitioners
March 28, 2019
On Tuesday, April 2, the House Education & Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing, Examining Surprise Billing: Protecting Patients from Financial Pain. Surprise billing has become an issue Congress is...

2017 HAI Progress Report Highlights Continued Prevention Progress; Improvements Still Needed

Policy Snapshot
Infection Prevention/Control, Practitioners
March 28, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published the 2017 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Progress Report . This report shows that the United States has made significant reductions in several types of HAIs...

SNF PPS Patient-Driven Payment Model: Get Ready for Implementation on October 1

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
March 28, 2019
On October 1, the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is replacing Resource Utilization Group, Version IV for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has...

Association of Race and Poverty With Mortality Among Nursing Home Residents on Maintenance Dialysis

JAMDA
March 28, 2019
The association of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors with survival rates of nursing home (NH) residents with treated end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is unclear. We examined whether race/ethnicity, ZIP code–level, and individual-level...

Podcast: The State of Geriatric Medicine Education

Spotlight
March 27, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The AMDA On-the-Go podcast took to the road earlier this month, heading to Atlanta, GA, for the Society’s annual conference. Host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, went live before an engaged, excited audience who had...

Symptom Clusters of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Comparative Risks of Dementia: A Cohort Study of 8530 Older Persons

JAMDA
March 26, 2019
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) have been recognized to increase the risk of dementia among individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, it is unclear whether the risk is shared across the various NPS or driven primarily by selected...

Evaluating the Influence of Social Factors on Aged Residential Care Admission in a National Home Care Assessment Database of Older Adults

JAMDA
March 26, 2019
Evaluate the influence of social factors on admission to aged residential care (ARC) facilities using a national comprehensive geriatric assessment database in New Zealand.

Increasing Prevalence of Orthostatic Hypotension as a Cause of Syncope With Advancing Age and Multimorbidity

JAMDA
March 26, 2019
During recent years, syncope studies have included an increasing number of older subjects with multimorbidity.1–4 Moreover, increasing awareness of pathophysiology today allows a more accurate differential diagnosis of this condition.5 Yet how...

Pharmacotherapy Research Priorities in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, and Home Care: Report From a Satellite Symposium of the ACC, AGS, NIA Workshop

JAMDA
March 25, 2019
Long-term care (LTC) services include a broad range of health, personal care, and supportive services provided at home (health agencies, hospice, or community providers) (HC), assisted living (AL) communities, and nursing facilities (NF).1 Although...