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Honor Had Impact Beyond Expectations for Medical Director of the Year

Spotlight
Medical Director
September 29, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Being named the Society’s 2017 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY) had a greater impact than Joshua Schor, MD, CMD, Medical Director at New Jersey-based Daughters of Israel, could have imagined. “I have a resident...

Senate Passes CHRONIC Care Act

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
September 29, 2017
This week, the Senate unanimously passed the CHRONIC Care Act (S.870), a bill which includes bipartisan policies to improve the Medicare program by targeting traditional fee-for-service, Medicare Advantage, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs...

Quality Payment Program: New CMS Resources Available

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
September 29, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) posted new and updated resources on the Quality Payment Program: 2018 Self-Nomination Toolkit for QCDRs & Registries : Step-by-step instructions for potential Qualified Registry and Qualified...

Quality Payment Program: View Recordings of Recent CMS Webinars

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
September 29, 2017
Unable to participate in a recent Quality Payment Program (QPP) webinar? View all recordings, presentations, and transcripts on the QPP Events webpage . Recent webinars: August 16: QPP Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Office Hours Session – Detailed...

Sex Differences in the Circumstances Leading to Falls: Evidence From Real-Life Falls Captured on Video in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
September 26, 2017
Falls are a major health concern for older adults. Understanding sex differences in fall circumstances may guide the design of fall management plans specifically to men and women. In this study, analyzed real-life falls captured on video to compare...

Impact of Contextual Factors on Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers II Implementation and Hospital Readmission Rates

JAMDA
September 26, 2017
Identify contextual and implementation factors impacting the effectiveness of an organizational-level intervention to reduce preventable hospital readmissions from affiliated skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

Modeling the Association Between Home Care Service Use and Entry Into Residential Aged Care: A Cohort Study Using Routinely Collected Data

JAMDA
September 23, 2017
To examine home care service-related and person-based factors associated with time to entry into permanent residential aged care.

September 22, 2017

Weekly Roundup
Advance Care Planning, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicaid, Payment, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Quality
September 22, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Spotlight: Hill Day is Productive, Enlightening, Enjoyable for Society Leaders HPA: Society Expresses Concern Over Graham-Cassidy Legislation; Society Members Urged to Check the 2016 PQRS and QRUR Reports; Health...

The Relationship Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Incident Frailty: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

JAMDA
September 21, 2017
Inflammation is key risk factor for several conditions in the elderly. However, the relationship between inflammation and frailty is still unclear. We investigated whether higher dietary inflammatory index (DII) scores were associated with higher...

Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings

JAMDA
Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
September 18, 2017
In response to a rising concern for multidrug resistance and Clostridium difficile infections, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) will require all long-term care (LTC) facilities to establish an antibiotic stewardship program by...