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Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB)

Policy Snapshot
May 20, 2022
See attachment I of the instructions to your Medicare Administrative Contractor to learn about changes to the MPFSDB: New HCPCS and CPT codes New G codes for the 180-day monitoring period for continuous glucose monitoring Codes that are no longer...

CMS Updates Chronic Care Management Services Resource Guide

Policy Snapshot
May 20, 2022
Recent updates and changes include: In 2021, CMS added 5 codes to report principal care management services provided by staff under physician supervision Starting in 2022, Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers can bill chronic...

CMS Updates Chronic Care Management Services Resource Guide

Policy Snapshot
May 20, 2022
Recent updates and changes include: In 2021, CMS added 5 codes to report principal care management services provided by staff under physician supervision Starting in 2022, Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers can bill chronic...

CMS Updates Chronic Care Management Services Resource Guide

Policy Snapshot
May 20, 2022
Recent updates and changes include: In 2021, CMS added 5 codes to report principal care management services provided by staff under physician supervision Starting in 2022, Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers can bill chronic...

CMS Updates Chronic Care Management Services Resource Guide

Policy Snapshot
May 20, 2022
Recent updates and changes include: In 2021, CMS added 5 codes to report principal care management services provided by staff under physician supervision Starting in 2022, Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers can bill chronic...

CMS Updates Chronic Care Management Services Resource Guide

Policy Snapshot
May 20, 2022
Recent updates and changes include: In 2021, CMS added 5 codes to report principal care management services provided by staff under physician supervision Starting in 2022, Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers can bill chronic...

Staff Attitudes Related to Antipsychotic Prescribing in Assisted Living

JAMDA
May 20, 2022
Assisted living (AL) provides the majority of residential long-term care in the United States.1 Almost 40% of AL residents display behaviors such as aggression and refusing care, 57% of whom receive medications for these behaviors.2 In nursing homes...

Taking Assisted Living to the Next Level of Infection Control, Prevention

Spotlight
May 18, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Like other care settings, assisted living facilities (ALFs) have struggled mightily during the pandemic. Moving forward, there is much to learn from their challenges, their best practices and successes, and their...

A Profile of Black and Latino Older Adults Receiving Care in Nursing Homes: 2011–2017

JAMDA
May 17, 2022
To identify if disparate trends in the access and use of nursing home (NH) services among Black and Latino older adults compared with White older adults persist. Access was operationalized as the NHs that served Black, Latino, and White residents...

Developing Acute Event Risk Profiles for Older Adults with Dementia in Long-Term Care Using Motor Behavior Clusters Derived from Deep Learning

JAMDA
May 17, 2022
This paper uses deep (machine) learning techniques to develop and test how motor behaviors, derived from location and movement sensor tracking data, may be associated with falls, delirium, and urinary tract infections (UTIs) in long-term care (LTC)...