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CMS MACRA Listening Session: Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule – Register Now

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
April 29, 2016
Tuesday, May 10 from 2 to 3 pm ET To Register: Visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) changes the way Medicare rewards clinicians for providing...

“There's No Place Like Home”: A Scoping Review on the Impact of Homelike Residential Care Models on Resident-, Family-, and Staff-Related Outcomes

JAMDA
April 26, 2016
There is increasing emphasis on promoting “homelike” residential care models enabling care-dependent people to continue living in a self-determined manner. Yet, little is known about the outcomes of homelike residential care models.

“There's No Place Like Home”: A Scoping Review on the Impact of Homelike Residential Care Models on Resident-, Family-, and Staff-Related Outcomes

JAMDA
April 26, 2016
There is increasing emphasis on promoting “homelike” residential care models enabling care-dependent people to continue living in a self-determined manner. Yet, little is known about the outcomes of homelike residential care models.

Response to the ‘Letter to the Editor on the Maastricht Sarcopenia Study’

JAMDA
April 23, 2016
We thank Kizilarslanoglu et al for their letter to the editor regarding our recent Maastricht Sarcopenia Study (MaSS) publication1 in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.

House E&C Subcommittee on Health Holds Hearing on MACRA Implementation

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Electronic Health Records (EHR)
April 22, 2016
This week the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Examining Physician Efforts to Prepare for Medicare Payment Reforms . The hearing examined the...

CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call — Last Chance to Register

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Practice Management, Quality, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
April 22, 2016
Thursday, April 28 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To Register: Visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. This call focuses on infection control, highlighting Antibiotic Stewardship and community-wide efforts, including a...

CMS Removes Two-Midnight Policy in FY2017 Proposed Inpatient Payment Rule

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Transitions of Care
April 22, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update Medicare inpatient payments for fiscal year 2017. CMS’s proposal would completely remove the two-midnight rule for the current and past two fiscal years by...

2017 Medicare Shared Savings Program: Notice of Intent to Apply Due by May 31

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Medicare, Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
April 22, 2016
The Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) for the January 1, 2017, program start date of the Medicare Shared Savings Program is available for: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) not currently participating in the program (initial applicants) Currently...

New Board Member Joins the Stage with the 'Stars'

Spotlight
Transitions of Care
April 22, 2016
“You watch these people on the stage at the Annual Conferences and you see their pictures and bylines in various publications, and they become rock stars in a way,” Wayne S. Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, a new House of Delegates Representative on the AMDA...

Pneumococcal Vaccination Guidance

Clinical Alerts
April 19, 2016
GENERAL PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION QUESTIONS Why get vaccinated for pneumococcal disease? The most effective way to treat pneumococcal disease is to prevent it through immunization . Pneumococcal disease is a common, yet potentially serious infection...