PHOENIX — The new payroll-based journal (PBJ) system developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine the staffing component ratings in the Five-Star Quality Rating System will likely be “a huge change, [resulting in] a...
PHOENIX — The Five-Star Quality Rating System that is tightening networks and driving referrals and reimbursement is also giving certified medical directors the opportunity to “shine” and to meaningfully influence the quality of care in their...
PHOENIX — The House of Delegates (HoD) of AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine tackled a full agenda at its meeting during the Annual Conference. “We had deep but thoughtful debate about important topics in post-acute and...
Instances of schizophrenia being newly diagnosed in long-term care residents with dementia who had been receiving antipsychotic medications — seemingly to have such antipsychotic usage exempted from a Nursing Home Compare quality measure — led AMDA...
After tweaking my back recently, I gained a new appreciation for the difficulties associated with pain and functional dependence, and a greater and more organic empathy for many of my nursing home residents and other patients who require assistance...
PHOENIX — Author Peter Hanson, MD, put stress in perspective for his audience here at the AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Annual Conference.
PHOENIX — Although the celebration was understated, the 40th anniversary of AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine served to remind post-acute and long-term care practitioners at Saturday’s general session of the Annual...
Sarcopenia was recently recognized as an independent condition by an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification code, and is a frequently observed comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
Lack of engagement in sufficient weekly physical activity (PA) is a major risk factor for morbidity and premature mortality.1 Estimates from 2012 indicated that not meeting PA public health recommendations is responsible for more than 5 million...
