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The Inevitability of Reimagining Long-Term Care

JAMDA
February 1, 2022
Long-term care has been reimagined for as long as it’s been recognized, which in part explains the multitude of options that emerged during the mid-20th century growth of formal long-term care support in the United States and other developed nations...

Reimagining Medical Care in Assisted Living

JAMDA
February 1, 2022
The increasing medical complexity of assisted living (AL) residents1 in the context of variable regulatory oversight and an ill-defined role for physicians2,3 suggests the need to rethink our current approach to delivering medical care in AL. We...

Building Trust in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Strategies for Sustainable Change

JAMDA
February 1, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on all aspects of life, especially in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) world. Now it is important to focus on the next phase of this journey, and we likely agree where it needs to start: How do we...

The Future Includes Nurse Practitioner Models of Care in the Long-Term Care Sector

JAMDA
February 1, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the long-term care (LTC) sector hard, illuminating long-standing deficiencies. The pandemic revealed the consequences of years of inattention to the many challenges facing nursing homes, including lack of access to primary...

The Uncertain Future of Nursing Home Post-Acute Care

JAMDA
February 1, 2022
Several decades ago, the introduction of the prospective payment system by diagnosis-related groups created a tremendous incentive for hospitals to shorten length of stay. Suddenly, there was a new person rounding with each inpatient team, paid for...

Dutch Long-Term Care in Transition: A Guide for Other Countries

JAMDA
February 1, 2022
Over the past 20 years, Dutch long-term care (LTC) has evolved and developed a strong infrastructure of academic networks of nursing homes.1–3 These networks are a collaboration between a University Medical Center and regional LTC organizations. The...

Information Asymmetry Between Physicians and Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Analysis of Patients' Awareness Level

JAMDA
January 31, 2022
Obtaining informed consent before conducting any health care intervention is essential, and a basic condition when obtaining informed consent is to provide clear and complete information.1 Information asymmetry refers to the inadequacy in a patient'...

CMS Releases Preliminary 2020 Performance Year Quality Payment Program Results

Policy Snapshot
January 28, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the preliminary participation data for the 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP). CMS released an infographic that summarized their findings. During the pandemic many clinicians had...

In a “Win” for PALTC, Court Allows Medicare Beneficiaries to Challenge Hospital Observation Stays

Policy Snapshot
January 28, 2022
In what is hailed as a big win in court for Medicare beneficiaries, last week the Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court and ruled that Medicare beneficiaries whose status in the hospital is changed from inpatient to outpatient have the right...

CMS Makes Nursing Home Staffing Data Available

Policy Snapshot
January 28, 2022
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began posting, for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website . CMS calculates staff turnover as the...