Recently, we received a letter concerning our recently published systematic review and meta-analysis on frailty and clinical outcomes in heart failure,1 to which we responded.2 It was suggested that a detailed analysis on the effects of prefrailty,...
To explore how oral problems, chewing problems, dry mouth, and swallowing difficulties cluster and whether their burden is associated with nutritional status, eating habits, gastrointestinal symptoms, psychological well-being, and mortality among...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join In early March, Society President Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD, will head to Atlanta, GA, for the 2019 annual conference. She would happily make the trip even without the title, and it all goes back to the vivid...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced actions that will bolster nursing home oversight and improve transparency in order to ensure that facilities are staffed adequately to provide high-quality care. These actions include...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a draft strategy designed to help reduce administrative and regulatory burden on clinicians caused by the use of health information technology (health IT) such as electronic health...
The Physician Compare preview period is open through December 31 at 8 PM ET. Preview your 2017 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information before it appears on the Physician Compare profile pages and in the downloadable database. Access...
The final performance period for the Value Modifier and Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) programs was 2016 and the final payment adjustment year is 2018. Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) and PQRS Feedback Reports will no longer be...
On October 1, 2019, the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is replacing Resource Utilization Group, Version IV (RUG-IV) for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS). There will be a call about it on Tuesday, December...
