Last week, President Biden signed an executive order that included more than 50 directives to expand access to affordable, high-quality care as well as provide support for care workers and family caregivers. Included in his order is an action to...
Last week, in support of the president’s Executive Order on promoting competition and the administration’s commitment to transparency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing ownership data for all Medicare-certified...
Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for an informational event on April 25, 2023, from 3:30-4:30 PM ET to help providers, facilities, and people with Medicare prepare for the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency...
Last week, the Society joined the American Medical Association and other national and state medical associations in commending several House members for introducing H.R. 2474, The Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act . The bill...
The Society recently submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule entitled, Disclosure of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing...
To characterize prescribing of glucose-lowering medication annually and to quantify the annual frequency of hypoglycemia among residents in long-term care (LTC) facilities with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Older adults represent more than 50% of trauma admissions in many high-income countries. Furthermore, they are at increased risk for complications, resulting in worse health outcomes than younger adults and a significant health care utilization...
The aim of this study was to compare incidences of adverse events of special interest (AESI) and delirium in 3 cohorts: after COVID-19 vaccination, prepandemic, and SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test positive.
Quantify the effects of characteristics of nursing homes and their surroundings on the spread of COVID-19 outbreaks and assess the changes in resident protection between the first 2 waves (March 1 to July 31 and August 1 to December 31, 2020).
It is unclear whether the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment completion in long-term care (LTC) facilities. We sought to evaluate data quality of the antipsychotic medication item recorded in the MDS assessment...
