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Telomere Length and Frailty: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

JAMDA
June 28, 2018
Telomere length is associated with aging-related pathologies. Although the association between telomere length and frailty has been studied previously, only a few studies assessing longitudinal changes in telomere length and frailty exist.

QI Award-Winning Project Focuses on Role of Risk Assessment in Falls Prevention

Spotlight
June 26, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Every day, post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners look at problems and challenges and think “What if?” This leads to innovative, creative solutions and, in Allison Gustavson’s case, a Society Quality...

Effects of Geriatric Team Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

JAMDA
June 26, 2018
Systematic rehabilitation by geriatric interdisciplinary teams has been associated with favorable outcomes in frail older patients. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to evaluate the effects of interdisciplinary geriatric team rehabilitation...

Orthostatic Hypotension in the Elderly: A Marker of Clinical Frailty?

JAMDA
June 22, 2018
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) has high prevalence in frail older adults. However, its effect on mortality, disability, and hospitalization in frail older adults is poorly investigated. Thus, we assessed the relationship between the prevalence of OH...

June 22, 2018

Weekly Roundup
June 22, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “We want people to roll up their sleeves and talk medicine at this meeting,” says Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD, about the Society’s 2019 Annual Conference, set for March 7-10 in Atlanta, GA. There is still time to...

Submit Your Most Interesting Topic as a Proposal for the 2019 Annual Conference

Spotlight
June 21, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “We want people to roll up their sleeves and talk medicine at this meeting,” says Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD, about the Society’s 2019 Annual Conference, set for March 7-10 in Atlanta, GA. There is still time to...

Quality Payment Program Look-Up Tool Updated

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
June 21, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Quality Payment Program Look-Up Tool with 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligibility and Qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) Participant (QP) data...

SNF Provider Preview Report: Review Your Data by July 1

Policy Snapshot
Care Settings/Types, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 21, 2018
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are now available. Visit the Spotlights and Announcements webpage for a list of quality measures based on quarterly data. Make sure to review your performance data by July 1, prior to public...

Secretary Azar Responds to Alternative Payment Model Proposals

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
June 21, 2018
Last week, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar responded to a number of Alternative Payment Model (APM) proposals recommended by the Physician-Focused Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC). While the secretary felt very...

CMS Issues Request for Information on Self-Referral Law

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
June 21, 2018
In line with the Administration’s goals to continue to remove administrative burdens, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information (RFI) on how the physician self-referral law (better known as the Stark Law)...