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Price Officially New Secretary of HHS

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
February 17, 2017
Congressman Tom Price, MD, (R-GA) was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 52-47 to service as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary Price is an orthopedic surgeon that has been in support of repealing the...

Public Policy at the Annual Conference

Policy Snapshot
Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA)
February 17, 2017
During this year’s Annual Conference in Phoenix, don’t miss many of the great policy sessions being offered. On Thursday, March 16th join policy experts for Health Care Reform: MACRA and Beyond for PALTC Practitioners. This policy intensive,...

REMINDER: CMS Understanding and Promoting the Value of Chronic Care Management Services Call

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
February 17, 2017
Tuesday, February 21 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects® Event Registration . During this call, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) experts discuss the benefits of providing Chronic Care Management (...

Pocket Guide Offers Quick Answers

Spotlight
Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care
February 17, 2017
“We hope this will raise awareness at admission that patients might have COPD. If these individuals get proper treatment early on, they have better functioning and quality of life,” says Gwendolen Buhr, MD, CMD. Dr. Buhr is referencing the recently...

February 17, 2017

Weekly Roundup
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation
February 17, 2017
Spotlight: Pocket Guide Offers Quick Answers. HPA: Price Officially New Secretary of HHS; Public Policy at the Annual Conference; REMINDER - Value of Chronic Care Management. Conference Countdown: 4 Weeks

High Prevalence of Low Serum Biologically Active Testosterone in Older Male Veterans

JAMDA
February 14, 2017
Assess the prevalence of hypogonadism in older male Veterans by comparing direct measurements of total testosterone (T) and bioavailable testosterone (BioT) versus indirect BioT values derived from existing and newly developed regression analyses.

Reablement, Reactivation, Rehabilitation and Restorative Interventions With Older Adults in Receipt of Home Care: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
February 14, 2017
To systematically review the impact of reablement, reactivation, rehabilitation, and restorative (4R) programs for older adults in receipt of home care services.

Effects of Postacute Settings on Readmission Rates and Reasons for Readmission Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

JAMDA
February 14, 2017
Examine the effects of postacute discharge setting on unplanned hospital readmissions following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in older adults.

Feasibility and Factor Structure of the FRAIL Scale in Older Adults

JAMDA
February 14, 2017
The aim of the present study was to (1) evaluate a geriatric outpatient sample with the FRAIL scale; (2) investigate the psychometric properties of the scale; and (3) characterize different associations of the subdimensions of the scale with...

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preferences of Advance Decisions, End-of-Life Care, and Place of Care and Death in Hong Kong. A Population-Based Telephone Survey of 1067 Adults

JAMDA
February 14, 2017
According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index published by the Intelligence Unit of the Economist, Hong Kong is ranked 22nd in terms of quality of palliative care in the world, behind many other major developed countries in Asia, including Taiwan,...