Much has been written about COVID-19 in nursing homes (NHs),1 and some has been written on assisted living (AL)2; however, virtually no research has addressed its impact in community-based long-term care programs such as the Program of All-Inclusive...
Last week, the Society joined over 300 other national medical associations in urging congressional leaders to facilitate a pathway to comprehensive permanent telehealth reform. The groups asked for the continuation of all current telehealth waivers...
Read the Health Care Worker Vaccination Rule letter that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued to health care facility administrators.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual update to the CMS Program Statistics with data for calendar year 2020. The statistics present a detailed summary on Medicare populations, utilization, and payments...
This report's findings showcase how health-care plans, as well as insurance companies, are not factoring in the mental health and the possibility of substance-use disorders for patients during a pandemic. The report outlines the efforts that the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to provide relief where possible to clinicians responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). CMS is applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) automatic...
This study aimed to assess whether the amount and quality of daily-life walking obtained using wearable technology can predict depression onset over a 2-year period, independently of self-reported health status.
We aimed to investigate whether sedative medications are associated with adverse outcomes in people with dementia, and whether specific characteristics of these medications predict a higher risk of harm.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When COVID hit, it forced a hard look at long-term care. That there was a problem with nursing home quality, regulations, and financing wasn’t necessarily new, but the pandemic highlighted the industry’s...
To evaluate, in a cohort of adults ≥80 years old, the frailty status at the emergency department (ED) admission, for the in-hospital death risk stratification of patients needing major surgical procedures.
