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Efforts to Reduce Antipsychotic Use in Dementia Care are Starting to Bear Fruit, but a Lot of Work Remains to be Done

JAMDA
January 31, 2017
Some people say the only way to manage behaviors and symptoms that have become associated with dementia is to medicate people with dementia. Those people are dead wrong. Yes, antipsychotics such as risperidone, quetiapine, and others may be used...

Rethinking Dementia Care: The Value of Green Care Farming

JAMDA
January 31, 2017
Worldwide, there are an estimated 46.8 million people living with dementia. This number will almost double every 20 years, reaching 74.7 million in 2030 and 131.5 million in 2050.1 Long-term care services have been put in place to support people...

Society Advocacy Leads to CMS Policy Change on Care Coordination/Behavioral Health

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes
January 27, 2017
Earlier this month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance for billing Chronic Care Management (CCM) Services. That guidance provided key improvements on 2017 billing of three codes for CCM services with...

Affordable Care Act Replacements Introduced in Congress

Policy Snapshot
Practice Management
January 27, 2017
This week, two pieces of legislation were introduced as replacements for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced the Patient Freedom...

Making Memory Mighty, Speaker Offers the Latest Research

Spotlight
January 27, 2017
"The positive response to making Part I available online was overwhelmingly positive, and we were pleased to see that we could give participants the flexibility they want while retaining the personalized, interactive nature of the program,” says...

January 27, 2017

Weekly Roundup
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Practice Management
January 27, 2017
Spotlight: Making Memory Mighty, Speaker Offers the Latest, Best Research. HPA: Society Advocacy Leads to CMS Policy Change on Care Coordination/Behavioral Health; Affordable Care Act Replacements Introduced in Congress. Help Us Help You: Membership...

How Important Are Health Care Expenditures for Life Expectancy? A Comparative, European Analysis

JAMDA
January 25, 2017
The relationship between health care expenditures and health care outcomes, such as life expectancy and mortality, is complex. Research outcomes show different and contradictory results on this relationship. How and why health care expenditures...

The Association of Potentially Inappropriate Medication at Older Age With Cardiovascular Events and Overall Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

JAMDA
January 25, 2017
The aim of this systematic review was to identify, evaluate, and meta-analyze cohort studies reporting the association of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) intake with mortality and cardiovascular events.

CMS Reports Sharp Reduction in Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents

Policy Snapshot
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid, Transitions of Care
January 20, 2017
A data brief released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week, noted dramatic reductions in avoidable hospitalizations over the last several years. CMS along with the help from the Affordable Care Act, and working with...

CMS Releases Second Year of Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization and Payment Data

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
January 20, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the second annual release of the Skilled Nursing Facility Public Use File (Skilled Nursing Facility PUF) with data for 2014. The Skilled Nursing Facility PUF presents summarized...