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August 11, 2019

Weekly Roundup
August 11, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When she was young, Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD, wanted to be an astronaut. Fortunately for her many patients and colleagues, she decided to pursue medicine after watching a news story about leprosy. And she's never...

Exergaming as a Physical Exercise Strategy Reduces Frailty in People With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
August 10, 2019
People with dementia are known to be physically frailer, more sedentary, and participate less in regular physical exercise compared to their healthy peers. Physical activity interventions have the potential to reduce the level of frailty in...

Validity of Nutritional Screening Tools for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
August 10, 2019
The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the validity of nutritional screening tools to detect the risk of malnutrition in community-dwelling older adults.

Oral Health, Disability and Physical Function: Results From Studies of Older People in the United Kingdom and United States of America

JAMDA
August 10, 2019
Studies examining the associations between oral health and disability have limited oral health measures. We investigated the association of a range of objectively and subjectively assessed oral health markers with disability and physical function in...

CMS to Host August 12 Listening Session on the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
August 8, 2019
Proposed changes to the CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule are aimed at reducing burden, recognizing clinicians for the time they spend taking care of patients, removing unnecessary measures, and making it easier for clinicians to be on the path toward...

Quality Payment Program: Reporting Patient Relationship Categories

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
August 8, 2019
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an article about reporting Patient Relationship Categories and Codes (PRC) on Medicare claims. Note: Reporting these...

CMS Podcast: Beyond the Policy: Nursing Home Strategy Part 1 – Strengthening Oversight

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
August 8, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest episode of its podcast, CMS: Beyond the Policy . This edition focuses on the first part of its five-pronged strategy on strengthening oversight in nursing homes. You can also...

The Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Older Adults: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
August 8, 2019
Although the therapeutic effects of horticulture on older adults have been widely investigated, a recent and comprehensive synthesis of available evidence on outcomes is lacking. We systematically reviewed evidence for the therapeutic effects of...

Cluster-Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Improve Prescribing in Nursing Homes Study

JAMDA
August 8, 2019
To investigate the impact of a complex multifaceted intervention on the appropriateness of prescribing for Belgian nursing home (NH) residents.

A 4-Item Case-Finding Tool to Detect Dementia in Older Persons

JAMDA
August 7, 2019
Brief cognitive tests are recommended in clinical services outside of specialized memory clinics as case-finding tools to reduce the diagnostic gap of dementia. Although the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is among the most widely used brief...