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MACRA Small Practices Fact Sheet: The Quality Payment Program

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
May 20, 2016
MACRA Small Practices Fact Sheet: The Quality Payment Program: Flexibilities and Support for Small Practices and Practices in Rural Areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas On April 27, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a...

Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network Releases Final White Papers on Patient Attribution and Financial Benchmarking

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
May 20, 2016
The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (HCP-LAN) final draft patient attribution white paper, entitled Accelerating and Aligning Population-Based Payment Models: Patient Attribution , includes 10 recommendations for designating the...

2014 PQRS Experience Report Available

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
May 20, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Experience Report . This annual report provides data and trends on participation, incentive eligibility, incentive payments, and payment...

What Should the Optimal Systolic Blood Pressure Goal Be in Treating Older Persons with Hypertension?

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the elderly.1 Hypertension occurs in 69% of persons with a first myocardial infarction,2 in 77% of those with a first stroke,2 in 74% of individuals with congestive heart failure,2...

Cloudy, Foul-Smelling Urine Not a Criteria for Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
An absence of evidence-based guidelines for the management of commonly encountered infections is a significant barrier to better antibiotic stewardship in the long-term care (LTC) setting. Consequently, the peer-reviewed antimicrobial treatment...

Loneliness in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
Loneliness is a geriatric syndrome associated with impaired health, poor quality of life, cognitive decline, and increased mortality.1–4 Loneliness has been defined as a subjective feeling, a discrepancy between a person's own expectations and one's...

Development of an Interdisciplinary Team Communication Framework and Quality Metrics for Home-Based Medical Care Practices

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
The unique needs of homebound adults receiving home-based medical care (HBMC) (ie, home-based primary care and home-based palliative care services) are ideally provided by interdisciplinary care teams (IDTs) that provide coordinated care. The...

Cloudy, Foul-Smelling Urine Not a Criteria for Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
An absence of evidence-based guidelines for the management of commonly encountered infections is a significant barrier to better antibiotic stewardship in the long-term care (LTC) setting. Consequently, the peer-reviewed antimicrobial treatment...

Loneliness in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
Loneliness is a geriatric syndrome associated with impaired health, poor quality of life, cognitive decline, and increased mortality.1–4 Loneliness has been defined as a subjective feeling, a discrepancy between a person's own expectations and one's...

Development of an Interdisciplinary Team Communication Framework and Quality Metrics for Home-Based Medical Care Practices

JAMDA
May 20, 2016
The unique needs of homebound adults receiving home-based medical care (HBMC) (ie, home-based primary care and home-based palliative care services) are ideally provided by interdisciplinary care teams (IDTs) that provide coordinated care. The...