To compare the diagnostic value of the 5-component questionnaire that measures strength, assistance walking, rise from a chair, climb stairs, and falls (SARC-F) and SARC-F combined with calf circumference (SARC-CalF) for screening sarcopenia in...
For the second year in a row, AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care medicine is a collaborator for the HIMMS18 conference in Las Vegas, NV March 5-9. The conference is the major health information technology (HIT) event that bring...
The Physician Technical Advisory Panel (PTAC) is scheduled to vote on several alternative payment model (APM) proposals impacting the post-acute and long-term care space at its next March 26-27 meeting in Washington DC. These include: Patient and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting the 2018 Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures study, as outlined in the Quality Payment Program Year 2 final rule to: Examine clinical workflows and data collection...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had developed a video that demonstrates a new Quality Payment Program website feature for the Merit-Based Incentive Program (MIPS). This feature allows users from groups who submit Quality...
The Society’s 2018 Medical Director of the Year will be named at the Annual Conference in Grapevine, TX, this month. This prestigious award, established in 2007, recognizes individuals whose vision, passion, leadership, knowledge, and commitment...
Individuals who take antipsychotic or antidepressant medications or benzodiazepines have a higher risk of falls, according to a systemic review and meta-analysis by researchers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Unlike in other developed countries, health care is not an explicit legal right in the United States, nor is it guaranteed by our Constitution. But is it a moral right? What does our history tell us? Have our values as a nation changed? Will they...
