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Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Risk for Falls, Their Recurrence, and Postfall Fractures: Results From a Prospective Observational Population-Based Cohort Study

JAMDA
June 11, 2019
Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is a predementia stage associated with increased risk for falls. There are conflicting results regarding its association with recurrent falls and no information about its association with postfall fractures. The...

June 9, 2019

Weekly Roundup
June 10, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join On the May 28 AMDA On-The-Go podcast about the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, had several questions: “What is this new thing called PDPM? How is it generated? Why do we need...

Senators Release List of Poorly Performing Nursing Homes After Inquiry

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
June 7, 2019
Recently the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responded to an inquiry from Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) regarding underperforming nursing homes. CMS sent them a list of nursing homes with a recorded pattern of poor...

Society Urges Congress to Further Improve MACRA

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Practitioners
June 7, 2019
In a letter sent this week to congressional leaders, the Society joined the American Medical Association and other national medical societies in urging Congress to make further refinements to improve the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act...

The Society Submits Comments on HIT Proposed Rule

Policy Snapshot
Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT)
June 7, 2019
This week the Society submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule on the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans in the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges and Health Care...

CMS Announces New RFI on Patients over Paperwork

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Payment, Practitioners
June 7, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking new ideas from the public on how to continue the progress of the Patients over Paperwork initiative. As of January 2019, CMS estimates that through...

Nursing Home–Associated Pneumonia, Part I: Diagnosis

JAMDA
June 6, 2019
Pneumonia is 1 of the 3 most common infections identified in nursing home residents and is associated with the highest mortality of any infection in this setting. In regard to pneumonia in the nursing home setting, practitioners are focused...

POLICY UPDATE Volume V

AMDA On-The-Hill
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
June 6, 2019
POLICY UPDATE: Volume V Follow AMDA On-The-Hill Podcast Questions? Email Alex at abardakh@paltc.org Related Resources: Navigating PALTC: The Need for Trained and Engaged Medical Directors Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative letter...

Questions Asked and Answered about PDPM

Spotlight
June 5, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join On the May 28 AMDA On-The-Go podcast about the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, had several questions: “What is this new thing called PDPM? How is it generated? Why do we need...

Derivation and Validation of a Model to Predict 30-Day Readmission in Surgical Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility

JAMDA
June 5, 2019
To identify factors associated with 30-day all-cause readmission rates in surgical patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and derive and validate a risk score.