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Advancing Research on Care Needs and Supportive Approaches for Persons With Dementia: Recommendations and Rationale

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
The first National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers was held on October 16-17, 2017, at the National Institutes of Health. In this paper, participants from the Summit Session on Research...

Utility of the Identification of Seniors at Risk Score to Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Older Patients With Heart Failure

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
Heart failure (HF) is a life-threatening medical condition that requires urgent evaluation and treatment.1 The decision to enter an intensive care unit is usually individual and based on risk models of the specific process.2 In clinical practice,...

Flaws Related to the Article Entitled “Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults”

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
We have read the article by Edward Chong et al1 with great interest. In their article, the authors have studied to determine the utility of identifying frailty status in predicting incident urinary incontinence (UI) and to establish whether UI is an...

Response to the Letter to the Editor: Flaws Related to the Article Entitled “Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults”

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
We appreciate the interest in our article1 and the opportunity to discuss the issues raised.

The Impact of Frailty and Comorbidity on Institutionalization and Mortality in Persons With Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
August 22, 2018
The predictive value of frailty and comorbidity, in addition to more readily available information, is not widely studied. We determined the incremental predictive value of frailty and comorbidity for mortality and institutionalization across both...

New ABPLM Board Member Brings Both Long History and Fresh Eye to Her Role

Spotlight
August 21, 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...

August 17, 2018

Weekly Roundup
August 17, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Anemia is a common problem in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) that often gets ignored or dismissed. T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, MACP, AGSF, wants to change that. “Anemia isn’t an illness, rather an indicator of an...

LIVE WEBINAR:  MACRA MIPS and APMs: Current Requirements and Proposed Changes

Policy Snapshot
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
August 16, 2018
Live Webinar: MACRA MIPS and APMs: Current Requirements and Proposed Changes Date : Thursday, August 23, 2018 Time : 2:00pm-3:30pm Eastern Speakers : Benjamin Chin; Brittany LaCouture; Molly MacHarris Description : Senior Centers for Medicare &...

CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Medicare Shared Savings Program

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Practice Management, Practitioners
August 16, 2018
On August 9, CMS issued a proposed rule that would set a new direction for the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Referred to as “Pathways to Success,” this proposed new direction for the program would redesign the participation options available to:...

Quality Payment Program: Participation Status Tool Includes 2018 Data Snapshot

Policy Snapshot
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
August 16, 2018
CMS updated the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to include 2018 Qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) Participant (QP) and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) APM status. The tool is updated based on calculations from...