Imagine a patient comes into your facility who, on the surface, doesn’t seem unusual or challenging. Then you learn more about his spouse: She has called the state’s toll-free complaint line hundreds of times. Because of her behavior, her husband...
The Five-Star Quality Rating System was established in 2008 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and added to the Nursing Home Compare website to help consumers understand nursing home quality and “distinguish between high- and low-...
Elderly patients can be particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of excessive blood pressure (BP) lowering by antihypertensive treatment. The identification of hypotension is thus especially important. Ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) is a...
The Trump Administration took action to freeze regulations released by federal agencies through a memo issued by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on January 20, 2017. The memo states that agencies cannot release any new regulations or guidance...
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) MLN Matters Article on Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) Instructions is now available. The article gives instructions on how to use the MOON to inform Medicare beneficiaries when they...
On February 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded approximately $20 million to 11 organizations for the first year of a five-year program to provide on-the-ground training and education about the Quality Payment Program...
Health care systems throughout the world are challenged by the growing problem of multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of multiple chronic diseases or conditions in a single individual. Multimorbidity, which has been defined as the “most common chronic...
Institutionalized older persons show higher risk of functional dependence and falls due to physical and cognitive decline than community-dwelling residents.1,2 Approximately 48% of older persons who are institutionalized experience a clear-cut...
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between bisphosphonate use and the risk of new fracture in a nationwide cohort of individuals with previous hip fractures, with emphasis on individuals above 80 years of age.
Malnutrition and frailty are two geriatric syndromes that significantly affect independent living and health in community-dwelling older adults. Although the pathophysiology of malnutrition and physical frailty share common pathways, it is unknown...
