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Reducing the Burden of Complex Medication Regimens: SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
March 13, 2020
To assess the application of a structured process to consolidate the number of medication administration times for residents of aged care facilities.

Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients with Syncope and Dementia: Insights from the Syncope and Dementia Registry

JAMDA
March 13, 2020
To evaluate the clinical characteristics and the long-term outcome of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with dementia and history of syncope or falls.

Podcast Tracks the Palliative Care Journey

Spotlight
March 12, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “There is a lot of literature on the timing of palliative care, yet there is an ongoing lack of understanding of what palliative care is by patients, families, providers, post-acute care settings, and home health...

Society Advocates to Immediately Lift Nursing Facility Restrictions on Telehealth Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Telemedicine
March 12, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Congress and the administration took action to expand the use of telehealth to help mitigate the spread of the virus. In a press release on March 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) led with...

CMS Sends More Detailed Guidance to Providers on COVID-19

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Telemedicine
March 12, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to issue guidance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency: Issued guidance for hospice and nursing homes to protect staff and vulnerable patients . There is also separate hospice...

Legislation to Address Telehealth in SNFs Introduced In Congress

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Telemedicine
March 12, 2020
Last week, Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Ann Kuster (D-NH) introduced companion versions of the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS 2019 Data Submission Deadline March 31

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
March 12, 2020
The data submission deadline for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of the Quality Payment Program is March 31 at 8 PM ET. Note: The data submission period for accountable...

HHS/ONC Finalizes Rules to Promote Interoperability/ Patient Access

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
March 12, 2020
On March 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized two rules that will give patients safer, more secure access to their health data. The two rules, issued by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...

Predictors of Successful Oxygen Weaning in Older Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Rehabilitation

JAMDA
March 12, 2020
To identify clinical and/or functional variables predictive of successful oxygen-weaning among older patients affected by respiratory insufficiency undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation.

Comparing Advance Care Planning in Young-Onset Dementia in the USA vs Belgium: Challenges Partly Related to Societal Context

JAMDA
March 12, 2020
Advance care planning in young-onset dementia largely remains a blind spot within current literature. This study aimed to explore the engagement in and the conceptualization of advance care planning from the perspective of family caregivers of...