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Decreased Basal Metabolic Rate Can Be an Objective Marker for Sarcopenia and Frailty in Older Males

JAMDA
August 16, 2018
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the ability of the basal metabolic rate (BMR) to detect frailty and sarcopenia in older males.

Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance in Long-Term Care Facility Patients With Bacteremia: A 5 Year's Surveillance

JAMDA
August 16, 2018
Older patients residing in institutions, who are predisposed to frequent hospitalizations, invasive procedures, and repeated antibiotic use, are at higher risk for bacterial infections. The most common infection in a long-term care facility (LTCF)...

Common But Undertreated: Webinar Addresses Anemia in the Elderly

Spotlight
Anemia
August 15, 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...

An Analysis of Falls and Those who Fall in a Chronic Care Facility

JAMDA
August 11, 2018
Falls in hospitals lead to adverse patient outcomes and prevention of falls is of upmost importance. Little is known about fall and injury rates in chronic care facilities, which are similar to skilled nursing facilities in the United States...

Deprescribing Medications for Chronic Diseases Management in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

JAMDA
August 11, 2018
Perform a systematic review to evaluate the outcome of deprescription compared with standard care. The focus was on chronic medical and mental health conditions managed in primary care.

One Week of Hospitalization Following Elective Hip Surgery Induces Substantial Muscle Atrophy in Older Patients

JAMDA
August 11, 2018
Short successive periods of skeletal muscle disuse have been suggested to substantially contribute to the observed loss of skeletal muscle mass over the life span. Hospitalization of older individuals due to acute illness, injury, or major surgery...

Evaluation of Nursing Facility Resident Safety During Implementation of the INTERACT Quality Improvement Program

JAMDA
August 11, 2018
Medicare incentivizes the reduction of hospitalizations of nursing facility (NF) residents. The effects of these incentives on resident safety have not been examined.

August 10, 2018

Weekly Roundup
August 10, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “We appreciate the opportunity to work with the Society and post-acute and long-term care [PALTC] practitioners,” says Stephanie Davis, MS, RD, chief of the LTC Certification & Enforcement Branch at the Centers...

Quality Payment Program Hardship Exception Applications Due by December 31

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Practitioners
August 9, 2018
The 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Exception Applications for the Merit-based Incentive System (MIPS) Promoting Interoperability performance category and for Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances are available. Submit a hardship exception...

Quality Payment Program: 2017 MIPS Performance Feedback and Payment Adjustment

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
August 9, 2018
If you submitted 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data through the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website, go online to view your performance feedback and MIPS final score. Log in using your Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM)...