The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a final rule on the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) for 2018 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies. Policies in the final rule took effect on Jan. 1, 2018.
Many of Caring’s readers will recall the November letter to the New England Journal of Medicine (2017;377:2192–2193) that recounted the case of an unidentified 70-year-old man who presented, unconscious and very ill, to an emergency department and...
When Sen. John McCain announced his cancer diagnosis, the internet was flooded with messages of support and encouragement: “You can beat this!” “You’re a fighter!” “You’re a survivor.”
Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMDR, took the title of her keynote address for AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s 2018 Annual Conference from a Hopi prayer that speaks to the importance of having the knowledge, strength, and...
Frailty and disability are associated with cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, in older people; however, little is known about their association with ambulatory blood pressure (BP). Thus, we assessed the relationship of frailty and...
Frailty and disability are associated with cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, in older people; however, little is known about their association with ambulatory blood pressure (BP). Thus, we assessed the relationship of frailty and...
Although there is general consensus on the need for, and value of, experienced, knowledgeable, and dedicated physicians in the nursing home (NH), there has been insufficient dialogue concerning the “value proposition” for physicians in assisted...
This study examined the benefits of and differences between 12 weeks of thrice-weekly supervised balance training and an unsupervised at-home balance activity (using the Nintendo Wii Fit) for improving balance and reaction time and lowering falls...
Safe and easily implemented treatment regimens are needed for the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in long-term care (LTC) and skilled nursing facilities.
