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Palliative Sedation and End of Life: Lights and Shadows

JAMDA
May 10, 2020
We read with great interest the article of Rietjens et al1 about continuous deep sedation in Netherlands. The authors compared the rate of deep sedation at the end of life in 2005, 2010, and 2015, and they found a considerable increase of this...

Impact of Anticholinergic Burden on Cognitive Performance: A Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
May 10, 2020
Older people are susceptible to the adverse effects of anticholinergic medications, including cognitive impairment.1 A systematic review of observational studies reported mixed associations between high anticholinergic burden, a cumulative measure...

May 10, 2020

Weekly Roundup
May 10, 2020
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Urge Your Members of Congress to Support a Nursing Home Medical Director Registry

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
May 8, 2020
Nursing homes are on the front lines of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for a large proportion of cases and deaths. Unfortunately, there is no public listing of nursing home medical directors, impeding the ability of public health...

CMS Issues Interim Final Rule on SNF Reporting COVID-19 Cases of Residents and Staff

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Resident
May 8, 2020
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule updating requirements for notification of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases among residents and staff in nursing homes. CMS is requiring nursing...

New Informed Consent Resources for Telehealth from AHRQ

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners, Telemedicine
May 8, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced health care providers to limit in-person visits, telehealth has expanded rapidly. In response to the need to obtain informed consent from patients for virtual visits, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...

Home Health Plans of Care: NPs, CNSs and PAs Allowed to Certify

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
May 8, 2020
Section 3708 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. No. 116-136) amended sections 1814(a) and 1835(a) of the Social Security Act to allow nurse practitioners (NPs), certified clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), and...

COVID-19: Modified Ordering Requirements for Laboratory Billing

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
May 8, 2020
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS is relaxing billing requirements for laboratory tests (PDF) required for a COVID-19 diagnosis. Any health care professional authorized under state law may order tests. Medicare will pay for tests...

POLST and COVID: How To Maximize Advance Care Planning in the Midst of a Pandemic

Spotlight
May 7, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The COVID-19 pandemic has been a worldwide tragedy and has exposed many gaps in policy and resources. However, it also has put a new focus on some issues that AMDA has championed for years. Among these is advance...

Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
May 7, 2020
Social isolation (the objective state of having few social relationships or infrequent social contact with others) and loneliness (a subjective feeling of being isolated) are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant...