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Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet from CMS

Policy Snapshot
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
September 9, 2016
A new Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet is available. Learn about: Beneficiary eligibility Provider and location eligibility Diagnosis requirements

SNF 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmission Measure — Updated

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care
September 9, 2016
The updated Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmission (PPR) Measure estimates the risk-standardized rate of unexpected PPRs within 30 days for people with Fee-For-Service Medicare who were inpatients at Prospective...

CMS Announces Plans to Eliminate MIPS Penalties

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management, Meaningful Use, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
September 9, 2016
On Thursday, September 8, Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced in a blog posting that the agency heard concerns expressed by the American Medical Association and other physician...

September 9, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Advance Care Planning, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status, Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practice Management, Meaningful Use, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Practitioners, Urinary Incontinence
September 9, 2016
Spotlight: UTI Study Presents Opportunity to be on Cutting Edge HPA: CMS Announces Plans to Eliminate MIPS Penalties; SNF 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmission Measure — Updated; Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet from CMS; Observation Stays...

Linking Frailty Instruments to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
September 7, 2016
To date, the major dilemma concerning frailty is the lack of a standardized language regarding its operationalization. Considering the demographic challenge that the world is facing, standardization of frailty identification is indeed the first step...

PY 2015 Medicare ACO Results

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
September 2, 2016
On August 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2015 performance year results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model that show physicians, hospitals, and...

SNF Quality Reporting Program CMS Webcast — September 14

Policy Snapshot
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
September 2, 2016
Wednesday, September 14 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. Learn about the reporting requirements for the new Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality...

National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call — September 15

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Transitions of Care
September 2, 2016
Thursday, September 15 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. This call focuses on effective care transitions between long-term and acute care settings...

Labor Day Sale Honors Work in PALTC

Spotlight
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Transitions of Care
September 2, 2016
“The DON and the care team don’t have time to reinvent the wheel—to develop tools and educational programs that encompass the level of detail and depth of clinical evidence that our CPGs and other products provide. We do this work for them,” says...

How to Implement Traditional Chinese Medicine in Alzheimer Disease Prevention in Occidental Countries?

JAMDA
September 2, 2016
Dementia is a clinical syndrome caused by neurodegeneration including Alzheimer disease (AD). It has been estimated that dementia accounts for 11.2% of disability years in people older than 60 years, which is the individual and societal heavy burden...