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Value-Based Payment Important to New ABPLM Board Member

Spotlight
September 18, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Christopher Trotz, MD, CMD, brings a unique perspective to his new role as an American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) board member. As a physician executive and practitioner, he devised a...

Exploring Antipsychotic Prescribing Behaviors for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: A Qualitative Study

JAMDA
September 18, 2018
Caution is advised when prescribing antipsychotics to people with dementia. This study explored the determinants of appropriate, evidence-based antipsychotic prescribing behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia, with a view to informing...

Signs of Dehydration in Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
September 15, 2018
Although dehydration can affect mental and physical health, there is no clear, consistent, and reproducible diagnostic tool for this condition in older people. We applied multiple methods to detect dehydration with the aim of assessing the value of...

September 14, 2018

Weekly Roundup
September 14, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As with many Society members, a love of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine runs deep for Andrea Moser, MD, MSc, CMD, a newly appointed American Board for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM)...

Society Comments on 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and QPP Proposed Rule

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
September 13, 2018
This week the Society submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule. The Society noted that they were appreciative of CMS’...

Join AMDA Member and CMS on Call about Dementia Care: Opioid Use & Impact for Persons Living with Dementia

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Opioids, Practitioners
September 13, 2018
The CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement is hosting a call on Tuesday, September 18, from 1:30 to 3 pm ET. During this call, you can gain insight on opioid use in the post-acute and long-...

ABPLM Board Member Brings International Perspective

Spotlight
September 11, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As with many Society members, a love of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine runs deep for Andrea Moser, MD, MSc, CMD, a newly appointed American Board for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM)...

Quick and Simple FRAIL Scale Predicts Incident Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental ADL (IADL) Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMDA
September 8, 2018
To quantitatively examine frailty defined by FRAIL scale as a predictor of incident disability risks by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Black Box Warning About Fluoroquinolone Use

Clinical Alerts
September 7, 2018
FDA updates warnings for fluoroquinolone antibiotics on risks of mental health and low blood sugar adverse reactions at https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm612995.htm The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Recently...

September 7, 2018

Weekly Roundup
September 7, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Arif Nazir, MD, CMD, thrives on innovation, and he believes that innovators are a special breed. “I used to think that innovators are born that way. While there may be some truth to that, I also think that anyone...