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Society a Key Partner in Upcoming LTPAC HIT Summit

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Quality
May 19, 2017
The Society is once again a strategic partner for the upcoming 13th Annual Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health IT Summit being held in Baltimore, MD, June 26-27. The Summit focuses on key health information technology (HIT) issues facing...

A Simple Algorithm to Predict Falls in Primary Care Patients Aged 65 to 74 Years: The International Mobility in Aging Study

JAMDA
May 16, 2017
Primary care practitioners need simple algorithms to identify older adults at higher risks of falling. Classification and regression tree (CaRT) analyses are useful tools for identification of clinical predictors of falls.

Dysphagia: A New Geriatric Syndrome

JAMDA
May 16, 2017
Over the last decade, there has been increasing awareness that oropharyngeal dysphagia should be recognized as a geriatric syndrome.1 In this issue of the Journal, we include a review on dysphagia2 and an article relating dysphagia to sarcopenia.3...

Impaired Response Selection During Stepping Predicts Falls in Older People—A Cohort Study

JAMDA
May 16, 2017
Response inhibition, an important executive function, has been identified as a risk factor for falls in older people. This study investigated whether step tests that include different levels of response inhibition differ in their ability to predict...

Webinar Prepares Practitioners, Teams to Improve Behaviors, Reduce Antipsychotics

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Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Antipsychotics, Medication Management, Patient Centered
May 12, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Reducing antipsychotic use is an important goal for practitioners and facilities alike. However, says Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, “...

CMS Releases Lookup Tool to Help Clinicians Determine Their MIPS Participation Status

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS)
May 12, 2017
Unsure of your participation status in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)? Clinicians can now use an interactive tool on the CMS Quality Payment Program website to determine if they should participate in 2017. To det ermine your status...

CMS Announces Extension for States Under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
May 12, 2017
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a three-year extension for state Medicaid programs to meet the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements for settings operating before March 17, 2014...

Revised CMS SNF Billing Reference Booklet

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation
May 12, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a revised SNF Billing Reference Booklet . The booklet reviews common questions about billing in the SNF, tips and special situations. It also details common situations that happen with...

Digoxin and 30-Day All-Cause Readmission in Long-Term Care Residents Hospitalized for Heart Failure

JAMDA
May 11, 2017
Digoxin use has been shown to be associated with a lower risk of 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions in older patients with heart failure (HF). In the current study, we examined this association among long-term care (LTC) residents hospitalized...

Prevalence of Frailty Assessed by Fried and Kihon Checklist Indexes in a Prospective Cohort Study: Design and Demographics of the Kyoto-Kameoka Longitudinal Study

JAMDA
May 11, 2017
The Kyoto-Kameoka Study was launched in 2011–2012 to identify the associations among food intake, nutritional status, physical activity, oral function, quality of life or social capital, the use of long-term care insurance (LTCI) system, and healthy...