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Policy Snapshot
January 30, 2020
A new draft version of the MDS 3.0 Item Set Change History for October 2020 (v1.18.0) is available. Visit the MDS 3.0 Technical Information webpage for more information. AMDA is currently reviewing changes in MDS and will provide updates as...
Policy Snapshot
January 30, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working on new improvements to Medicare.gov to help patients find health care providers in different settings across the care continuum. Later this year, CMS plans to launch a simplified and...
Policy Snapshot
January 30, 2020
Hundreds of policy makers, thought leaders, vendors, and other stakeholders interested in the future direction of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT gathered last week in Washington, DC, for the ONC Annual Meeting. The...
JAMDA
January 29, 2020
To develop short versions of the Frailty Trait Scale (FTS) for use in clinical settings.
JAMDA
January 27, 2020
Efforts to rebalance long-term services and supports (LTSS) toward increased home- and community-based services (HCBS) will engage and affect multiple stakeholder groups, including governmental stakeholders (eg, Medicaid administrators) and diverse...
JAMDA
January 27, 2020
Nursing home (NH) residents receiving texture-modified diet (TMD) are at risk of inadequate nutritional intake and subsequent malnutrition. It is essential to monitor dietary intake to take corrective actions, if necessary. Plate diagrams (PDs) are...
JAMDA
January 27, 2020
Nutritional insufficiencies have been associated with cognitive impairment. Understanding whether nutritional biomarker levels are associated with clinical progression could help to design dietary intervention trials. This longitudinal study...
Weekly Roundup
January 26, 2020
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JAMDA
January 24, 2020
Across the health care system, home care (HC) services are essential for helping individuals remain in the community (ie, out of institutions) as long as possible.1 Current trends affecting the HC sector include an aging population and an increasing...
Spotlight
January 23, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rollin Wright, MD, MPH, MS, is looking forward to AMDA’s Annual Conference in Chicago this April, and it’s not just because she is vice chair of the Annual Conference Planning Subcommittee. “There are so many great...