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CMS Posts New Proposed RAC Review Topics

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
August 30, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted 10 new proposed Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Review Topics to its website for a 30-day comment period. CMS began posting the proposed review topics last year in response to...

Development and Validation of the Perceptions, Attitudes, and Challenges of Physicians Towards Deprescribing (PACPD-12) Questionnaire

JAMDA
August 30, 2018
An ideal holistic health care model, where an apt, cost-effective and well-timed medicine is available and the patient is fittingly counseled on his or her medications, is still a fantasy to most of the common people in a developing country. Factors...

Who Should Deliver Primary Care in Long-term Care Facilities to Optimize Resident Outcomes? A Systematic Review

JAMDA
August 30, 2018
Across the world, health care for residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is provided by a range of different professionals, and there is no consensus on which professional group(s) deliver the best outcomes for residents. The objective of...

California Member Reflects on Lessons Learned from Wildfires

Spotlight
August 29, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join While the recent wildfires struck a part of California hundreds of miles away from his home and facility, they reminded Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD, of a time not long ago when a similar disaster threatened his...

Association Between Potentially Inappropriate Medications and Frailty in the Early Old Age: A Longitudinal Study in the GAZEL Cohort

JAMDA
August 29, 2018
High-risk prescribing can have deleterious effects on the health of older people. This study aimed to assess the role of inappropriate prescribing on changes in frailty status over 3 years of follow-up.

Opioid Prescribing Behavior in Long-Term Geriatric Care in the Netherlands

JAMDA
August 28, 2018
Pain is a highly prevalent problem in older adults and dying patients. Opioids are the main analgesic for moderate to severe pain in these patients. Different properties of various opioids can make them more or less suitable for this specific...

Body Composition, IGF1 Status, and Physical Functionality in Nonagenarians: Implications for Osteosarcopenia

JAMDA
August 24, 2018
Body composition alterations occur during aging. The purpose of the present analysis was to explore the functional consequences of the overlap of sarcopenia and osteoporosis, and the potential role of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in their...

August 24, 2018

Weekly Roundup
August 24, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rebecca Elon, MD, MPH, CMD, has a history with the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) that goes back to its beginning. The new ABPLM board member says, “Back in the ‘80s, I attended a...

2016 PQRS and 2018 Value Modifier Experience Reports

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Practitioners
August 23, 2018
Find data from the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Value-Based Payment Modifier Programs. Payment adjustments for 2018 are based on 2016 data. 2018 Value-Based Payment Modifier Program Experience Report (2015 – 2018) and 2018 Results...

2019 MIPS Performance Year Virtual Groups Toolkit and Webinar

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
August 23, 2018
To form a virtual group for the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance year, follow the election process and submit your election between October 1 and December 31, 2018. See the 2019 Virtual Groups Toolkit , which includes :...