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August 8, 2021

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August 8, 2021
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CMS Releases FY 2022 IPPS Final Rule

Policy Snapshot
August 6, 2021
On August 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. Effective October 1, 2021, the final rule updates Medicare payment policies and quality reporting...

Nursing Home Staff Vaccine Mandates Continue to Grow

Policy Snapshot
August 6, 2021
Several states as well as nursing home chains are now requiring that staff get vaccinated. Most recently, Massachusetts will require all nursing home staff to receive COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment by October 10, according to a...

Legislation to Improve Telehealth Reintroduced

Policy Snapshot
August 6, 2021
On July 29, Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Ann Kuster (D-NH) reintroduced companion versions of the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of...

Implementation of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Condition of Employment in a Community Nursing Home

JAMDA
August 6, 2021
The rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination uptake by US nursing home staff remains low despite the increased risks of viral transmission and related morbidity and mortality in this setting. This study describes vaccine uptake...

U.S. Nursing Home Quality Ratings Associated with COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

JAMDA
August 6, 2021
To inform future policies and disaster preparedness plans in the vulnerable nursing home setting, we need greater insight into the relationship between nursing homes’ (NHs’) quality and the spread and severity of COVID-19 in NH facilities. We...

New Board Member Plays a Tune of Advocacy, Volunteerism

Spotlight
August 5, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Volunteerism and long-term care have gone hand-in-hand for Sing Palat, MD, CMD, since high school, when she and her friends would go to nursing homes to play music. “It was my first glimpse into long-term care, and...

Deprescribing Blood Pressure Treatment in Long-Term Care Residents

JAMDA
August 5, 2021
To evaluate the incidence of deprescribing of antihypertensive medication among older adults residing in Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes for long-term care and rates of deprescribing after potentially triggering events.

Assessing Social Functioning During COVID-19 and Beyond: Tools and Considerations for Nursing Home Staff

JAMDA
August 2, 2021
Social functioning is defined as how a person operates in their unique social environment (ie, engagement in activities, connectedness with others, and contributions to social roles). Healthy social functioning is important for nursing home...

A Longitudinal, Clinical, and Spatial Epidemiologic Analysis of a Large COVID-19 Long-Term Care Home Outbreak

JAMDA
August 2, 2021
COVID-19 has had devastating effects on long-term care homes across much of the world, and especially within Canada, with more than 50% of the mortality from COVID-19 in 2020 in these homes. Understanding the way in which the virus spreads within...