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The Added Value of SARC-F to Prescreening Using FRAX for Hip Fracture Prevention in Older Community Adults

JAMDA
October 9, 2018
To examine the potential added value of a simple 5-item questionnaire for sarcopenia screening (SARC-F) to the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) for hip fracture risk prediction, in order to identify at-risk older adults for screening with dual-...

Not All Falls Are Equal: Risk Factors for Unplanned Readmission in Older Patients After Moderate and Severe Injury—A National Cohort Study

JAMDA
October 9, 2018
Readmission after acute care is a significant contributor to health care costs, and has been proposed as a quality indicator. Our earlier studies showed that patients aged ≥55 years who are injured by falls from heights of ≤0.5 m were at increased...

Congressional Opioid Legislation Agreement Expected to be Signed by President

Policy Snapshot
Opioids, Pain Management, Practitioners
October 4, 2018
After months of hearings and debate, the House and the Senate reached agreement this week on legislation to address the opioid epidemic. The House passed the legislation by a vote of 393 to 8 and the Senate by a vote of 99 to 1. The Senate then...

Recording Now Available: The Society’s Webinar on MACRA, MIPS AND APMS: Current Requirements and Proposed Changes

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 4, 2018
The Society was happy to host a free webinar for members featuring senior Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials. The webinar detailed the requirements of the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) as well as the proposed changes...

CMS Patient Relationship Categories and Codes Webcast Scheduled for October 17

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 4, 2018
On Wednesday, October 17, from 1:30 to 3 pm ET, CMS will host a webinar on patient relationship categories and codes. The webinar will focus on guidance for classifying patient relationships during the voluntary reporting period that CMS implemented...

Society Leaders Excited, Empowered, Inspired During Hill Day

Spotlight
October 3, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “It was exciting to see that people recognize the importance of post-acute and long-term care [PALTC]. Increasingly, they understand our world and the impact of it in the continuum of care,” says Society President...

Exploiting Drug-Apolipoprotein E Gene Interactions in Hypertension to Preserve Cognitive Function: The 3-City Cohort Study

JAMDA
October 3, 2018
The objective was to test the hypothesis that antihypertensive drugs have a differential effect on cognition in carriers and noncarriers of the apolipoprotein ε4 (APOE4) polymorphism.

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JAMDA
October 1, 2018

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JAMDA
October 1, 2018

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JAMDA
October 1, 2018