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Concerns About the Meaningful Use Program Highlight Policies Adopted by AMA House of Delegates

Policy Snapshot
Meaningful Use
November 20, 2015
his week the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HoD) met to deliberate a number of policies at the 2015 Interim Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia. During the meeting, attended by AMDA Delegate Eric Tangalos, MD, CMD, Alternate...

SNF Care/E/M Code Review Included in OIG Work Plan

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Medicare
November 20, 2015
The Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services (OIG) recently issued its 2016 Work Plan, which sets the agenda for its auditing and investigation in the year ahead. The broad mandate of the OIG is to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse...

CMS finalizes bundled payment initiative for hip and knee replacements

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Quality, Measures
November 20, 2015
Model supports quality and care improvements for patients’ transition from surgery to recovery In 2014, more than 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries received a hip or knee replacement, costing more than $7 billion for the hospitalizations alone. Despite...

NIH Hosts Workshop to Examine Multiple Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Elder Abuse

Policy Snapshot
Ethics
November 20, 2015
In discussions and comments received as part of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA), researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders highlighted the lack of research focusing on elder abuse as a major barrier to creating evidence-...

Role of Case Conferences in Dementia-Specific vs Traditional Care Units in German Nursing Homes

JAMDA
November 17, 2015
Do resident case conferences in nursing homes improve care for people with dementia? Do these conferences provide support to care staff engaged in dementia care? What is the most effective organization for such conferences? Does use of structured...

Antihypertensive and Statin Medication Use and Motor Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
November 17, 2015
To investigate whether the use of antihypertensive and statin medication in very old adults is associated with the level of motor performance.

A Systematic Review of Montessori-Based Activities for Persons With Dementia

JAMDA
November 14, 2015
Montessori-based activities are becoming a popular approach for the care of older adults living with dementia. The aim of this study was to systematically assess the quality of the research examining the benefits of Montessori-based activities for...

MedPAC Tackles Unified Payment System for Post-Acute Care

Policy Snapshot
Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
November 13, 2015
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to develop a prototype prospective payment system (PPS) spanning the post-acute care (PAC) settings, using the...

New FAQs on Participation in EHR Incentive Programs

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Meaningful Use
November 13, 2015
On October 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule with comment for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. To keep you informed of changes to the programs and how to...

2016 PQRS Negative Payment Adjustment and the Informal Review Process

Policy Snapshot
Payment
November 13, 2015
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will apply a negative payment adjustment to individual eligible professionals (EPs), Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) practice sites, and group practices participating in the Physician...