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August 24, 2018

Weekly Roundup
August 24, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rebecca Elon, MD, MPH, CMD, has a history with the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) that goes back to its beginning. The new ABPLM board member says, “Back in the ‘80s, I attended a...

2016 PQRS and 2018 Value Modifier Experience Reports

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Practitioners
August 23, 2018
Find data from the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Value-Based Payment Modifier Programs. Payment adjustments for 2018 are based on 2016 data. 2018 Value-Based Payment Modifier Program Experience Report (2015 – 2018) and 2018 Results...

2019 MIPS Performance Year Virtual Groups Toolkit and Webinar

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
August 23, 2018
To form a virtual group for the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance year, follow the election process and submit your election between October 1 and December 31, 2018. See the 2019 Virtual Groups Toolkit , which includes :...

Advancing Research on Care Needs and Supportive Approaches for Persons With Dementia: Recommendations and Rationale

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
The first National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers was held on October 16-17, 2017, at the National Institutes of Health. In this paper, participants from the Summit Session on Research...

Utility of the Identification of Seniors at Risk Score to Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Older Patients With Heart Failure

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
Heart failure (HF) is a life-threatening medical condition that requires urgent evaluation and treatment.1 The decision to enter an intensive care unit is usually individual and based on risk models of the specific process.2 In clinical practice,...

Flaws Related to the Article Entitled “Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults”

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
We have read the article by Edward Chong et al1 with great interest. In their article, the authors have studied to determine the utility of identifying frailty status in predicting incident urinary incontinence (UI) and to establish whether UI is an...

Response to the Letter to the Editor: Flaws Related to the Article Entitled “Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults”

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
We appreciate the interest in our article1 and the opportunity to discuss the issues raised.

The Impact of Frailty and Comorbidity on Institutionalization and Mortality in Persons With Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
The predictive value of frailty and comorbidity, in addition to more readily available information, is not widely studied. We determined the incremental predictive value of frailty and comorbidity for mortality and institutionalization across both...

New ABPLM Board Member Brings Both Long History and Fresh Eye to Her Role

Spotlight
August 21, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rebecca Elon, MD, MPH, CMD, has a history with the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) that goes back to its beginning. The new ABPLM board member says, “Back in the ‘80s, I attended a...

August 17, 2018

Weekly Roundup
August 17, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Anemia is a common problem in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) that often gets ignored or dismissed. T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, MACP, AGSF, wants to change that. “Anemia isn’t an illness, rather an indicator of an...