The final performance period for the Value Modifier and Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) programs was 2016 and the final payment adjustment year is 2018. Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) and PQRS Feedback Reports will no longer be...
Deprescribing is effective in addressing concerns relating to polypharmacy in residents of nursing homes. However, the clinical outcomes of deprescribing interventions among residents in nursing homes are not well understood. We evaluated the impact...
Nursing facilities have lagged behind in the adoption of interoperable health information technology (ie technologies that allow the sharing and use of electronic patient information between different information systems). The objective of this...
Older individuals are particularly susceptible to vitamin D deficiency as a result of an age-related reduction of cholecalciferol production in the skin, limited exposure to direct sunlight, comorbidity, polypharmacy, and inadequate nutritional...
(1) To examine the impact of specific services [skilled nursing (SN), physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and home health aide (HA)] in Medicare-certified home health care (HHC) on subsequent rehospitalization among older patients...
Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD, is in her third year as Society House of Delegates (HoD) chair, but she is still humbled when she stands at the podium and looks out at her family of peers. Then she takes a deep breath, relishes the excitement and...
To understand how a heart failure diagnosis and admission health instability predict health transitions and outcomes among newly admitted nursing home residents.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement new opioid policies for Medicare drug plans on January 1. The new policies include: Improved safety alerts when patients fill opioid prescriptions at the pharmacy Drug management...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted an updated list of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in the Quality Payment Program. The list displays the APMs that CMS currently operated or announced since November 2018, including...
