The Society recently submitted comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) public rule soliciting feedback on making the ETS a permanent standard. The ETS...
In late August, CMS will issue a Special Edition Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on the impact of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) on Part B claims for telehealth. Use the data-driven report to compare your billing practices during the PHE with...
CMS posted technical updates to the Monoclonal Antibody COVID-19 Infusion and COVID-19 Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies webpages to reflect updates to the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for casirivimab and imdevimab, a COVID-19 monoclonal...
Hip fracture is one of the most common injuries encountered in orthopedics.1 Because of the high morbidity and mortality, hip fracture has considerable health and economic consequences for patients and families, and a burden to health care systems...
Increased care capacity in nursing homes has been shown to reduce costly hospital transfers, however little evidence is available to guide decision making for specific transfers.1 Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and...
To compare rates of adverse events following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination among nursing home residents with and without previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join JAMDA and Caring for the Ages are popular publications that are widely read by AMDA members and others. However, hearing the editors of these publications share exclusive insights into some of the articles and the...
Nursing homes (NHs) provide care to residents with serious illness and related complex health care needs. As such, discussions about end-of-life care between NH staff and residents and families are necessary to ensure residents receive care...
Neuropsychiatric symptoms among people living with a dementia are common and often distressing. Inappropriately treated or untreated symptoms result in unnecessary suffering,1 impaired quality of life,2 and immense distress to care home residents...
This study aimed to investigate the interrelation between slowing in walking, thinking and mood, and their relationship with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in a geriatric population.
