The deadline to register and attest for the calendar year (CY) 2021 electronic health record (EHR) reporting year for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program is this Thursday, March 31, at...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report that looked into the use of telehealth in both Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 to February 2021. The...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Never did we imagine we would have gone through the journey we did in 2020, 2021, and so far in 2022,” said Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD, AMDA’s 2022-2023 president, at the Society’s Annual Conference earlier...
Sarcopenia is a generalized and progressive skeletal muscle disorder and has been proven to be associated with many diseases; however, the correlation between sarcopenia and pain has not yet been systematically clarified. This review aimed to...
Stroke is a global health problem, with an estimated lifetime risk of 23% in high-income Asia-Pacific regions, including Japan.1 In Japan, rehabilitation units for functional recovery after stroke have been established as a Japanese version of...
Older hospitalized adults with an existing diagnosis of cancer rarely receive cancer treatment after discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). It is unclear to what degree these outcomes may be driven by cumulative effects of previous cancer...
Regarding the February 2022 article, Han ZA, et al. A Recommended Package of Long-Term Care Services to Promote Healthy Ageing Based on a WHO Global Expert Consensus Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2022;23(2):297-303.
Accountable Care Organizations: Visit the Application Types & Timeline webpage to learn about participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program that starts January 1. Key dates: June 1-7: Submit Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) —You must...
The data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2021 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) is open. Data can be submitted and updated until 8:00 PM ET on March 31...
CMS continues to offer flexibilities to provide relief to clinicians responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). CMS applied the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC)...
