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Nursing Home Managers’ High Risk of Burnout

JAMDA
November 14, 2021
The tragic deaths of residents and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic called attention to the longstanding need for transformational change and redesign in nursing homes.1,2 Stressors on the nursing home staff from increased workloads, to staffing...

CMS to Apply MIPS Automatic EUC Policy for the 2021 Performance Year in Response to COVID-19 PHE

Policy Snapshot
November 12, 2021
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...

Reminder: PY2020 Performance Category Reweighting Requests Due to COVID-19 Will Be Accepted Through November 29, 2021

Policy Snapshot
November 12, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact all clinicians across the United States and territories, and CMS recognizes that not everyone may have been able to submit an Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application for...

Spillover Effects of COVID-19 on Essential Chronic Care and Ways to Foster Health System Resilience to Support Vulnerable Non-COVID Patients: A Multistakeholder Study

JAMDA
November 11, 2021
Little empirical research exists on how key stakeholders involved in the provision of care for chronic conditions and policy planning perceive the indirect or “spillover” effects of the COVID-19 on non-COVID patients. This study aims to explore...

Taking a Renewed Look at Antipsychotics: The Old, the New, the Sad, and the Hopeful

Spotlight
November 10, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join An article in The New York Times (NYT) from September contained some alarming reports about antipsychotic medication use in nursing homes. A recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, Another Reflection on Antipsychotic Use in...

Delirium During Acute Events in Nursing Home Patients

JAMDA
November 10, 2021
Assess the frequency of delirium during any acute event, its risk factors, and the duration of delirium in nursing home patients.

Melatonin Prescribing in Assisted Living

JAMDA
November 8, 2021
Aging is associated with sleep problems, which are common among assisted living (AL) residents. More than 40% of residents have insomnia, and almost 70% have a sleep disturbance of some kind. Melatonin to treat sleep disorders has become common...

Multicomponent Staff Training Intervention to Improve Residential Dementia Care (PROCUIDA-Demencia): A Mixed-Methods 2-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot and Clinical Outcomes Study

JAMDA
November 8, 2021
To evaluate the feasibility outcomes of implementing a multicomponent staff training intervention (PROCUIDA-Demencia) to promote psychosocial interventions and reduce antipsychotic prescription in Mexican care homes and study its effect on staff's...

Outpatient Wound Clinics During COVID-19 Maintained Quality but Served Fewer Patients

JAMDA
November 7, 2021
To evaluate the impact of COVID-19–related disruptions on care continuity and outcomes of chronic wounds.

Payment Cuts, Nursing Facility Clinician Affiliations Part of CMS’ CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Policy Snapshot
November 5, 2021
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule that includes updates on policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues. The rule finalizes...