The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement new opioid policies for Medicare drug plans on January 1. The new policies include: Improved safety alerts when patients fill opioid prescriptions at the pharmacy Drug management...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted an updated list of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in the Quality Payment Program. The list displays the APMs that CMS currently operated or announced since November 2018, including...
Broad-spectrum, second-line antimicrobials may be prescribed when initial first-line options prove ineffective. This study compares prescribing practices and identifies potential influencing factors for first- and second-line antimicrobials in long-...
To evaluate the association between nutritional status, defined on the basis of a multidimensional evaluation, and body mass index (BMI) with the risk of falls and recurrent falls in community-dwelling older people.
“When individuals donate to the Foundation, they are a giving to a purpose, a project they believe in—such as the Futures Program ; but they also understand the role these play for our profession and its future,” says Foundation Chair Barbara...
More than 30% of older adults in the community and 60% in long-term care (LTC) will fall at least once per year, and many will fall repeatedly.1 For the physician treating a patient who presents with falls, a primary goal is to develop a management...
In addition to routinely administered long-term medication, complex drug regimens of nursing home residents often include as needed or pro re nata (PRN) medication. However, there has been no systematic evaluation of the frequency and concomitants...
Falls are highly prevalent and lead to major health morbidity and mortality in older adults. We developed a “STOP-FALLING” checklist as a multifactorial intervention tool kit for a single long-term care facility. The objective of this study was to...
