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July 6, 2018

Weekly Roundup
July 6, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, FACP, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years,...

MIPS Final Scores Available Now from CMS

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
July 5, 2018
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is now available for review on the Quality Payment Program website. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...

CMS Data Element Library Webinar — July 11

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 5, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar to provide an overview and demonstration of the Data Element Library (DEL). A resource for providers, vendors, researchers, and other stakeholders that use CMS assessments,...

Socioeconomic and Geographic Disparities in Accessing Nursing Homes With High Star Ratings

JAMDA
July 5, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nursing Home Compare (NHC) serves as the most comprehensive repository of Medicaid- and/or Medicare-certified nursing homes providing services to approximately 1.4 million US residents. A gap in the...

Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Mass in Older People: Comparison Between 2 Anthropometry-Based Methods and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry

JAMDA
July 5, 2018
Sarcopenia is a common geriatric syndrome, whose diagnosis implies the assessment of muscle mass. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the reference method for clinical practice, but it is not universally available. We compared DXA with 2...

The Effect of Xerostomic Medication on Oral Health in Persons With Dementia

JAMDA
July 5, 2018
Medication-induced hyposalivation can increase the risk for oral complications, including dental caries and tooth loss. This problem is particularly important in people with dementia because of their declining ability to maintain oral care. The...

Response to the Letter to the Editor “Music Listening for People Living With Dementia”

JAMDA
July 4, 2018
In the response letter concerning our recent article, we appreciate seeing the constructive viewpoints on how we should implement the receptive music therapy. We also spent time investigating the format of delivery, including the type of music...

Music Listening for People Living With Dementia

JAMDA
July 4, 2018
We have very much appreciated the article entitled “Receptive Music Therapy Is More Effective Than Interactive Music Therapy to Relieve Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” by Tsoi et al1 and the...

From 1 Star to 5 Stars: CMD Takes Facility to New Heights with Help from the Core

Spotlight
July 3, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years, he...

Are the Kihon Checklist and the Kaigo-Yobo Checklist Compatible With the Frailty Index?

JAMDA
July 3, 2018
To explore comparability of Kihon Checklist (KCL) and Kaigo-Yobo Checklist (KYCL) to Frailty Index (FI) in predicting risks of long-term care insurance (LTCI) certification and/or mortality over 3 years.