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Research Firm Looking for QPP Feedback

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
September 19, 2019
On behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a user research firm is looking for volunteers to provide feedback on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) specific to the PY2019 preliminary scoring feedback experience. The research...

The U.S.-FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) List: Consensus Validation of a Clinical Tool to Improve Drug Therapy in Older Adults

JAMDA
September 19, 2019
Polypharmacy and multimorbidity is a threat to older people; hence, listing approaches should support physicians to optimize medication. The FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) classification of drug appropriateness for older people provides positive or...

Acute Clostridioides difficile Infection in Hospitalized Persons Aged 75 and Older: 30-Day Prognosis and Risk Factors for Mortality

JAMDA
September 17, 2019
To assess the 30-day mortality predictive markers in the oldest patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and to analyze the accuracy of the European severity risk markers in this population.

What is the Role of Nursing Homes in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign?

JAMDA
September 16, 2019
Recently, there have been several publications advocating for an expansive role for nursing homes (NHs) in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC). The rationale for this effort is the problem of high rates of 30-day readmissions from NHs and a...

Health Care Providers' Advice on Lifestyle Modification for Older Adults

JAMDA
September 16, 2019
To describe the pattern of health care providers' advice on lifestyle modification to older adults, and identify correlates of receiving such advice.

Antibiograms Cannot Be Used Interchangeably Between Acute Care Medical Centers and Affiliated Nursing Homes

JAMDA
September 16, 2019
To determine whether antibiograms for Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes (NHs), termed Community Living Centers, are similar to those from their affiliated acute care medical centers.

September 15, 2019

Weekly Roundup
September 15, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When Joseph Mwesige, MD, MPH, CMD, first heard about the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine's Futures Program in 2016, he knew he wanted to participate. However, without the scholarship...

Futures Alum Jumps at Chance to Pay It Forward

Spotlight
September 12, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When Joseph Mwesige, MD, MPH, CMD first heard about the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine’s Futures Program in 2016, he knew he wanted to participate. However, without the scholarship he...

Save the Date for September 24 Webinar: PDPM Q&A Forum

Policy Snapshot
Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners
September 12, 2019
The Society is hosting a webinar, Patient Driven Payment Model [PDPM] Question and Answer Forum, on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET. Society PDPM experts will be available to answer any and all questions you have regarding the...

Society Supports Legislation Aimed at Protecting Patients from Delays in Care

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
September 12, 2019
Last week the Society joined other national and state medical societies in supporting the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (H.R. 3107), which was recently introduced by Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA); Mike Kelly (R-PA); Roger...