MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join In recent months, TV commercials touting the danger of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) for older adults have hit the airwaves. They include ominous music and boldface warnings, and suddenly everyone is thinking...
On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule. As the Society analyzes the proposed rule, we wanted to inform you of a few key points...
Reps. Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN), and Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), have circulated a “Dear Colleague” letter to other members of Congress, asking them to join their letter to congressional leadership urging the establishment of a stable Medicare payment...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) highlighted several data products the agency released during the month of June: Medicare Advantage Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization Data – New Update The following data products...
Because of an increasing need to build capacity for end-of-life care, improving access to palliative care is a priority. Where a physician practices (eg, hospital, outpatient clinic, home) directly relates to the type of service and the stage of...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA has long understood and appreciated the power of the states to influence change and have an impact on policy. In recent years, the State Based Policy...
To provide an ethical analysis of the implications of the usage of artificial intelligence–supported clinical decision support systems (AI-CDSS) in geriatrics.
Frailty is very common in nursing homes.1 It can be assessed using a frailty index, which is expressed as the ratio of current deficits to the total number of deficits considered.2 If the ratio is greater than or equal to 0.25 (ie, the lowest...
