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Applying for an EHR Hardship Exception: FAQs

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Electronic Health Records (EHR)
February 5, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched important changes to the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program hardship exception process that will reduce burdens on clinicians, hospitals, and Critical Access...

CMS Announces Proposed Improvements to Medicare Shared Savings Program

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
February 5, 2016
Plan Strengthens Incentives for ACOs to Improve Performance On January 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update the methodology used to measure the performance of Accountable Care Organizations (...

Register in Open Payments System to Review and Dispute 2015 Data

Policy Snapshot
Payment
February 5, 2016
Physicians and teaching hospitals, you must register in the Open Payments system to review any payments or transfers of value attributed to you. The review and dispute period is targeted to start in April 2016, following the close of data submission...

Poor Gait Performance and Prediction of Dementia: Results From a Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
February 4, 2016
Poor gait performance predicts risk of developing dementia. No structured critical evaluation has been conducted to study this association yet. The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically examine the association of poor gait performance with...

Muscle Quality is More Impaired in Sarcopenic Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

JAMDA
February 2, 2016
Quadriceps muscle fiber atrophy and a loss of oxidative type I muscle fibers and mitochondrial content often occur in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which adversely affects exercise performance. Sarcopenia is an age-related syndrome...

The Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination Is Better than the Mini-Mental State Examination to Determine the Cognitive Impairment in Turkish Elderly People

JAMDA
February 2, 2016
Presence of detailed screening instruments to detect cognitive impairment in the older adults' culture and language is very essential. The Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS) is one of cognitive screening scales used. The aim of...

Telephone Survey of Infection-Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Practices in Long-Term Care Facilities in Maryland

JAMDA
February 2, 2016
Multidrug-resistant organisms are an emerging and serious threat to the care of patients. Long-term care facilities are considered a reservoir of these organisms partly because of the over-prescribing of antibiotics. Antibiotic use is common in long...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
February 1, 2016

General Information

JAMDA
February 1, 2016

Table of Contents

JAMDA
February 1, 2016