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Senate Hearing on Improving Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability for Nursing Homes

Policy Snapshot
May 19, 2023
On May 18, 2023, the Senate Special Committee on Aging convened a hearing, “Residents at Risk: The Strained Nursing Home Inspection System and the Need to Improve Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability,” to discuss the need for improvements to...

New AMA “Medicare Basics” Series Offers Background for Advocates 

Policy Snapshot
May 19, 2023
The American Medical Association (AMA) is offering a series intended to provide relatively straightforward explanations for policymakers and physician advocates about elements of the payment system. In addition, charts and other resources are...

Primary Care Telemedicine Use among Assisted Living Residents with Dementia during COVID-19: Race and Dual Enrollment Status

JAMDA
May 18, 2023
In March 2020, restrictions on telemedicine were waived, allowing services to be delivered through video-conferencing or telephone.1,2 Telemedicine offered a way to stay connected with primary care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic,3 which may...

Subcommittee Helps Drive Quality Care with Focus on Ethics

Spotlight
May 17, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Ethics is a key component of the engine that makes an organization run. It helps guide not just clinical care but medical direction and leadership,” said Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD, chair of AMDA’s Ethics...

Combinations of Sarcopenia Diagnostic Criteria by Asian Working Group of Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 Guideline and Incident Adverse Health Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
May 17, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the association between combinations of sarcopenia criteria by the Asian Working Group of Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 guideline and incident adverse health outcomes.

Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Frailty in Older Adults: A Risk Assessment

JAMDA
May 13, 2023
The recent articles by Kojima et al1,2 on the relationship among social isolation, loneliness, and frailty offer unique insights while at the same time posing new questions. The authors' meta-analysis of prospective studies on social isolation and...

Novel Clinical Frailty Scale Scoring Tools for Community-Dwelling Older Persons: An Interim Analysis

JAMDA
May 12, 2023
We refer to our article entitled “Brief Aids to Guide Clinical Frailty Scale Scoring at the Front Door of Acute Hospitals,”1 which reported the potential utility of the Clinical Frailty Scale–Emergency Department (CFS-ED) that promotes fast and...

Balance and Strength Measures are Associated With Mortality in Older Men

JAMDA
May 12, 2023
As people age, rates of morbidity and mortality are heterogenous. Balance and strength performance may contribute to this, offering modifiable risk factors for mortality. We aimed to compare relationships of balance and strength performance with all...

Register for the 2023 MIPS Performance Categories Webinars

Policy Snapshot
May 11, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a series of Quality Payment Program (QPP) webinars to highlight the requirements for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for the 2023 performance year. The 2023...

CMS Updates Visitation and Testing for COVID-19 Amid End of PHE

Policy Snapshot
May 11, 2023
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its visitation memo QSO 20-39-NH with newly released CDC recommendations . CMS notes that source control is still expected for those with symptoms, a positive COVID-19 test...