Ample evidence suggests that type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the risk of impairment of activities of daily living (ADL).1 Although the association between poor glycemic control and ADL decline has already been described,2 the impact of...
Nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's disease/related dementias (ADRD) and/or behavioral health disorders (BHD) are at high risk of hospitalizations, many of which are potentially avoidable. Empirical evidence regarding potentially avoidable...
Following an acute hospital stay, 1 in 4 Medicare patients is transferred to a skilled nursing facility (SNF).1 Meanwhile, 25% of these patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.2 In addition to the increasing costs, repeated...
I read with great interest the article by Rossi et al in which they illustrate the positive responses obtained with repeated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tap procedures in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) who were ineligible for...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “This is huge.” That is how practitioners and providers alike are describing the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) that goes into effect on October 1. The Society is staying on top of this hot topic with...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “This is huge.” That is how practitioners and providers alike are describing the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) that goes into effect on October 1. The Society is staying on top of this hot topic with...
Addressing interoperability and e-prescribing issues has been one of the Societies advocacy goals over the last several years. As part of those efforts, last week several Society leaders and staff participated in a daylong strategy meeting to...
This week, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative, a new set of payment models with a goal to...
On April 19, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1718-P) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 that updates the Medicare payment rates and the quality programs for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). This...
