Benzodiazepines and related drugs (BDZRs) have been associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in later life. Despite this, it remains unclear whether ongoing BDZR use may further accelerate cognitive decline in those diagnosed...
Epidemiologic studies have reported inconsistent findings about the association between sleep duration and the risk of dementia. We aimed to clarify this association by method of meta-analysis.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Earlier this year the Foundation for PALTC Medicine asked Society members to participate in a large-scale quality improvement study to evaluate the impact of the annual influenza vaccine choice on LTC facility...
In Switzerland, general practitioners mostly provide medical care in the nursing home (NH). They generally work in their own practice, which is not located in the NH. In case of an emergency, the NH resident is often transferred to the emergency...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “I fear that this focus on older adult oral health may come as a surprise to medical providers and even geriatricians in the trenches of care,” said Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, at the start of the September 16...
Starting January 1, 2020, under the CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to pay Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) through bundled payments for opioid use disorder treatment...
To form a virtual group for the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance year, you must follow an election process and submit your election to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via email by December 31. For...
Starting in September, clinicians who were qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) participants based on their 2017 performance will begin receiving 5% APM incentive payments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a new...
For the second year in a row, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed sweeping changes to evaluation and management (E&M) coding. In its annual release of the physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule, CMS proposed to...
Approximately one-third of older Americans die in the nursing home (NH).1 Despite the NH being a common setting for end-of-life care, it is often associated with poor family satisfaction with the quality of end-of-life care.2 Advance care planning (...
