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Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 16, 2016
Enacted August 6, 2015, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act) requires hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to provide notification to individuals receiving observation services as...

Upcoming CMS Events

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
December 16, 2016
MACRA 101 Webinar Series — December 16, 20, and 21 December 16, 20, and 21 from 12 to 1 pm ET Join CMS for a webinar series to learn about the development of patient relationship categories for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...

CMS Releases New Comprehensive CJR Model: SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver MLN Matters® Article

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 15, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a new MLN Matters Special Edition Article on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Rule Waiver . The article discusses the...

Reminder: House of Delegates Resolutions and Delegate Registrations Due January 15th

Policy Snapshot
December 9, 2016
Information on the upcoming meetings, the resolutions process, and checklists to help are available on the Society’s House of Delegates website at www.paltc.org/hod. Need to register delegates? Visit the HoD site as well and click on “Register...

Congress Passes 21st Century Cures Act

Policy Snapshot
Patient Centered
December 9, 2016
H.R. 6 , the 21st Century Cures Act, passed both the House and Senate and is expected to be signed by President Obama. The bill, sponsored by Representative Fred Upton (R-MI), will bring “health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st Century,...

SNF Quality Reporting Program Video Presentation from CMS

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality
December 9, 2016
A video presentation is available for the September 14 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) webcast on the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP). Learn about the reporting requirements for the new SNF QRP,...

Older Citizens' Opinions on Long-Term Care Options: A Vignette Survey

JAMDA
December 9, 2016
Older citizens are directly concerned, as potential beneficiaries and informal caregivers, by access to long-term care (LTC) services matching their expectations. The aim of this research was to collect their opinions regarding LTC arrangements for...

AIDE–Acute Illness and Depression in Elderly Patients. Cognitive Behavioral Group Psychotherapy in Geriatric Patients With Comorbid Depression: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

JAMDA
December 9, 2016
Comorbid depression is highly prevalent in geriatric patients and associated with functional loss, frequent hospital re-admissions, and a higher mortality rate. Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) has shown to be effective in older depressive...

An Unintended Consequence of Culture Change in VA Community Living Centers

JAMDA
December 9, 2016
Although a growing body of evidence suggests that culture change and its corollary, person-centered care improves resident outcomes in the nursing home setting, little is known about the effect of culture change in a postacute setting in which...

Successful Geriatric Rehabilitation: Effects on Patients’ Outcome of a National Program to Improve Quality of Care, the SINGER Study

JAMDA
December 6, 2016
To determine whether the implementation of a national program to improve quality of care in geriatric rehabilitation (GR) in the Netherlands improves successful GR in terms of independence in activities of daily living (ADL), discharge destination,...