Early diagnosis of cognitive impairment is increasingly emphasized in the literature to facilitate timely preventive interventions. Although bedside cognitive tests such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) are widely used for such early...
National Healthcare Decisions Day educates the public and providers about the importance of Advance Care Planning (ACP). For example, did you know that ACP services can be billed to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule? For more information: ACP Fact...
A study, Assessing First Visits By Physicians To Medicare Patients Discharged To Skilled Nursing Facilities, published in the April edition of Health Affairs , examined the timeliness of the first visit after discharge from an acute care facility...
The data submission period for the 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) closed on April 2. If you submitted data through the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website, you can review your preliminary performance feedback data. Your final...
Van Dalen et al1 have reported that antihypertensive therapy withdrawal in older people living in communities may increase dementia risk. In their interesting and clinically relevant study, they investigated approximately 1500 patients, 5.5% of whom...
When it comes to pain, nursing home care falls short. The experience of pain negatively impacts life quality and function, especially for residents with multiple chronic comorbidities. The proportion of residents with pain is high, with estimates...
Older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hospitalized for an acute exacerbation, often do not receive recommended post-acute pulmonary rehabilitation. This underuse might be related to the impaired clinical and functional...
In residents with dementia living in a long-term care facility (LTCF), un(der)treated pain may trigger behavioral disturbances, mood syndromes, and deterioration of physical functioning and self-maintenance. Because these factors can have...
Conduct a needs assessment among post-acute and long-term care (PA-LTC) stakeholder groups to identify (1) research topics of highest priority and (2) perspectives on research, including concerns/barriers to conducting research in the PA-LTC setting.
References: April 18 webinar on PDPM Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative letter to CMS CMS response to Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative letter Core Curriculum on Medical Direction in PALTC Certified Medical...
