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Quantifying Barriers to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Skilled Nursing Facilities in a Southwestern Metropolitan Area

JAMDA
September 29, 2021
As the country endures an opioid epidemic in patients of all ages, chronic opioid use is increasingly common and patients may be frequently admitted to skilled nursing facilities for management of complications from opioid use.1 Patients with opioid...

Absence of COVID-19 Disease Among Chronically Ventilated Nursing Home Patients

JAMDA
September 28, 2021
To describe the experience of COVID-19 disease among chronically ventilated and nonventilated nursing home patients living in 3 separate nursing homes.

Increasing Anticholinergic Burden is Associated With Social Vulnerability in the Oldest Old

JAMDA
September 27, 2021
Anticholinergic agents are frequently administered to older people with dementia, who are more likely to receive multiple drugs, including psychotropic agents, thus increasing their anticholinergic burden (AB).1 The unfavorable cognitive, behavioral...

Hip Fracture Rates in Nursing Home Residents With and Without HIV

JAMDA
September 25, 2021
Persons with HIV have near-normal life expectancy with antiretroviral treatment,1 and so more individuals will develop chronic conditions and require nursing home (NH) care. The number of NH residents with HIV increased by 71% from 2000 to 2010.2...

Frailty Phenotype and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
September 25, 2021
Frailty has been associated with increased risks of various health conditions, disability, and death, which is a particular challenge to both health care providers and affected older persons.1 As an important predictor of disability,...

Urge Your Representative to Avert Looming Cuts in Medicare Payments

Policy Snapshot
September 24, 2021
Tell your representative to join their colleagues in stopping a confluence of payment cuts to Medicare. In what amounts to a “perfect storm” of payment reductions going into effect in 2022, several Medicare spending cuts will result in a combined 9...

Urge Your Representative to Avert Looming Cuts in Medicare Payments

Policy Snapshot
September 24, 2021
Tell your representative to join their colleagues in stopping a confluence of payment cuts to Medicare. In what amounts to a “perfect storm” of payment reductions going into effect in 2022, several Medicare spending cuts will result in a combined 9...

CMS Launches New Medicare.gov Feature to Compare Nursing Homes by Vaccination Rate

September 24, 2021
CMS is making it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov . This announcement makes vaccination data available in a user-friendly format to help people make informed decisions...

CMS Launches New Medicare.gov Feature to Compare Nursing Homes by Vaccination Rate

September 24, 2021
CMS is making it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov . This announcement makes vaccination data available in a user-friendly format to help people make informed decisions...

Making Telehealth Work for Your Practice Today, Tomorrow, and 10 Years from Now

September 21, 2021
Telemedicine is here to stay. Whether you’ve been using it for years or just getting started, the digital playing field has changed during the pandemic and continues to evolve. To get and keep everyone in your practice on board, consider...