MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Traveling the globe as an ambassador of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) is a source of great pride for Society President Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD. As she plans to speak at and attend the Nursing Home Research...
This week the House of Representatives passed four bills to provide health care workforce training and medical education: H.R. 1676, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, would direct the Department of Health and Human Services...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided notifications to facilities that were determined to be out of compliance with Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2017. This will impact...
Here are a few upcoming webinars on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): · MIPS Improvement Activities Performance Category Year 2 Overview Wednesday, August 1, 1-2 pm ET Topics include category requirements, scoring details, and data...
Our study examines factors associated with patient-reported outcomes in functioning among Medicare beneficiaries who reported receiving rehabilitation services in a nursing home or inpatient (ie, hospital or rehabilitation facility) setting in the...
Our aim was to describe the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) in Belgian nursing homes and to identify characteristics of residents, general practitioners (GPs), and nursing homes (...
Slow gait speed may be associated with premature mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer, although a comprehensive meta-analysis is lacking. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we explored potential associations between gait...
Mobile phones have become indispensable not only for young people, but also for older generations, with their current use extending far beyond making calls or texting in low-, mid-, and high-income countries. There are millions of mobile...
More than 6 million adults in the United States are homebound or semi-homebound and would benefit from home-based medical care (HBMC). There is currently no nationally recognized quality of care framework for home-based medical care. We sought to...
