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CMS Releases Quality Measure Development Plan

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality, Measures
January 8, 2016
On December 18th, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released for comment the draft CMS Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) . Section 102 of MACRA, requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and post on the...

CMS Releases PQRS Search Tool

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
January 8, 2016
This tools allows users to search for individual claims and registry-based measure specifications based on search criteria provided. Click on a measure link to see detailed specifications. Please note that electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM)...

Gait Speed and the Natural Course of Depressive Symptoms in Late Life; An Independent Association With Chronicity?

JAMDA
January 7, 2016
Psychomotor slowing is a core feature of depression in late life, but its prognostic value with respect to course and chronicity is unclear. We investigated whether gait speed can predict chronicity of depressive symptoms. Furthermore, we tested...

Social-Professional Networks in Long-Term Care Settings With People With Dementia: An Approach to Better Care? A Systematic Review

JAMDA
January 5, 2016
Dementia is a syndrome associated with stigma and social isolation. Forty-two percent of people with dementia in the United States and almost 40% in the United Kingdom live in assisted living and residential care facilities. Up to 90% of residents...

Physical Restraint and Antipsychotic Medication Use Among Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

JAMDA
January 5, 2016
To explore antipsychotic (AP) medications and physical restraint use and their effects on physical function and cognition in older nursing home residents.

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Call to Action

JAMDA
January 5, 2016
Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health crisis and a national security threat to the United States, as stated in an executive order signed by the president in September 2014. This crisis is a result of indiscriminant antimicrobial use,...

Prevalence of Comorbidity in Patients With Young-Onset Alzheimer Disease Compared With Late-Onset: A Comparative Cohort Study

JAMDA
January 5, 2016
With the lack of a cure for Alzheimer disease (AD), the identification of comorbidity is important to reduce the possibility of excess disability. Although comorbidity in patients with late-onset AD (LO-AD) is common, for people with young-onset AD...

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JAMDA
January 1, 2016

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JAMDA
January 1, 2016

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JAMDA
January 1, 2016