Dementia is recognized as a global health priority and has recently been identified as the single greatest cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in older Australians. Findings from a recent Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into...
The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics consensus conference paper calls for early detection of cognitive impairment as a patient's right and refers to emerging data supporting a combination of medical and lifestyle interventions...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released survey and certification letter ( S&C 16-13-NH ) which reminds long-term care facilities that the mandatory submission period for electronic reporting on staffing begins...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a frequently asked questions document about bill advance care planning (ACP) services under Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes 99497 and 99498 billable under Medicare...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will issue a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Subsequent Nursing Facility Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services in April 2016. The CBR, produced by CMS contractor...
On March 9, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new dataset, the Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization and Payment Public Use File (SNF PUF). This data set, which is part of CMS’s Medicare Provider Utilization and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2016 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Implementation Guide (IG) for Eligible Professional Programs (EP) and Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) Appendix (Version 1.0...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce the first session of a three-part Virtual Office Hours series regarding 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) quality measures. The series includes three separate...
For David LeVine, MD, CMD, Medical Director of Menorah Manor in St. Petersburg, FL, receiving AMDA’s 2016 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY) Award was a family affair. He accepted the honor at a general session during the AMDA – The Society for...
Diabetes mellitus is common in the nursing home (NH) population, yet little is known about prescribing of glucose-lowering medications in the NH setting. We describe trends in initiation of glucose-lowering medications in a national cohort of NH...
