Last week, CMS announced it will hold physicians harmless from up to 9% MIPS penalties due to the significant disruptions of the COVID-19 public health emergency on physician practices’ performance in 2020. The Society advocated for this automatic...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Innovation has become a staple of daily life during the pandemic. In post-acute and long-term care, practitioners and others have had to consider how to work, communicate, interact, document, help, support, and...
To study the test-retest reliability and measurement error, construct validity, responsiveness, interpretability, and floor/ceiling effects of a Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) short form designed to measure...
We read the article by Cogan et al with great interest and appreciate the authors’ efforts to investigate the association between therapy time and cognitive recovery of stroke patients in inpatient post-acute care facilities.1 The study showed that...
Assisted living (AL) emerged over 2 decades ago as a preferred residential care option for older adults who require supportive care; however, as resident acuity increased, concern has been expressed whether AL sufficiently addresses health care...
The aim of this study was to assess whether a virtual rehabilitation program using Nintendo Wii added to conventional physical therapy improved functionality, balance, and daily activities in chronic stroke survivors, when compared with conventional...
In a recent research letter, Zimmerman et al,1 caution that survey data about assisted living (AL) residents may underestimate resident chronic conditions. They offer lack of knowledge or documentation of resident medical conditions in AL as a...
Institutionalized older adults have a high prevalence of frailty and disability, which may make them more vulnerable to the negative consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on the level of frailty...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disproportionately impacted nursing homes (NHs) with large shares of Black residents. We examined the associations between the proportion of Black residents in NHs and COVID-19 infections and deaths,...
