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Updated 2022 CMS QRDA III Implementation Guide and Sample Files for Eligible Clinicians and Professionals

Policy Snapshot
December 17, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update to the 2022 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG) and Sample Files . The 2022 CMS QRDA III IG outlines requirements...

Provider Relief Fund Reopened Until December 20

Policy Snapshot
December 17, 2021
The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Period 1 portal has been reopened from 9:00 AM ET on December 13, 2021, through 11:59 PM ET on December 20, 2021. During this time, PRF recipients may register, request corrections, and/or submit their report...

Reasons to Attend PALTC22

Spotlight
December 17, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rollin Wright, MD, chair of AMDA’s Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee, could offer dozens of reasons why everyone should attend PALTC22 in Baltimore, MD, or digitally March 10-13, 2022. Here are five:...

Excess Mortality in Long-Term Care Residents With and Without Personal Contact With Family or Friends During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
December 17, 2021
Despite evidence of disparities in excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic,1 less is known about the unequal impacts within long-term care (LTC).2 Even prepandemic, many residents experienced loneliness and social isolation.3 The most isolated...

Tailored Post-Acute Care Coordination for Survivors of Moderate to Severe COVID-19 Infection

JAMDA
December 16, 2021
The severe acute respiratory COVID-19 pandemic has raised issues about its acute and chronic management.1 In particular for patients requiring respiratory support due to severe hypoxic acute respiratory failure,2,3 and presented with critical...

Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Implementation and Dissemination Challenges and Opportunities

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Randomized controlled trials are considered the most rigorous research design in efficacy and effectiveness research; however, such trials present numerous challenges that limit their applicability in real-world settings. As a consequence, pragmatic...

Nursing Home Resident Admission Characteristics and Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Transfers

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
To determine which nursing home (NH) resident-level admission characteristics are associated with potentially preventable emergency department (PPED) transfers.

Characteristics of Working-Age Adults With Schizophrenia Newly Admitted to Nursing Homes

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Persons aged <65 years account for a considerable proportion of US nursing home residents with schizophrenia. Because they are often excluded from psychiatric and long-term care studies, a contemporary understanding of the characteristics and...

Decomposing Differences in Risk-Adjusted Rates of Emergency Department Visits Between Micropolitan and Urban Nursing Homes

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Nursing homes (NHs) in micropolitan areas are reported to have different facility and market factors than urban NHs, but how these factors contribute to differences in emergency department (ED) visits remains unknown. This study examined and...

As-Needed Prescribing and Administration of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living: A 7-State Study

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Psychotropic medications administered on an as-needed basis, often designated as pro re nata (or PRN, hereafter as-needed), can alleviate acute symptoms and facilitate deprescribing, although as-needed use is associated with negative outcomes such...