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July 1, 2023

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July 1, 2023

The 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule in Post-Acute Long-Term Care

JAMDA
July 1, 2023
Included as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the information blocking rule entered the first compliance phase in April 2021. Under this rule, post-acute long-term care (PALTC) facilities must not engage in any activity that interferes with...

Reminder: 2023 MIPS Value Pathway (MVP) Registration is Open

Policy Snapshot
June 30, 2023
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) registration window is open for the 2023 performance year. Individuals, groups, subgroups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities that wish to report an MVP can register...

CMS Increases Nursing Home Ownership Transparency

Policy Snapshot
June 30, 2023
Last week, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) announced increased transparency of additional nursing home ownership data, including names of affiliated owners for the first time on Nursing Home Care Compare . Aggregate data on the...

Developing an Open Innovation Nursing Home Living Lab in Austria

JAMDA
June 30, 2023
Evidence-based practice involves incorporating clinical expertise, the best research evidence, and the patient's/resident's individual values into daily health care practice.1 Studies show that using evidence-based care leads to better clinical...

A Tale of 2 Assessments: Concordance Across the Minimum Data Set and Preadmission Screening and Resident Review Assessments in Recording Mental Health Diagnoses

JAMDA
June 29, 2023
There is growing acknowledgement that the proportion of adults with serious mental illness (SMI) in nursing homes (NHs) is increasing. SMI refers to a group of mental health conditions that result in serious functional impairment or limit...

Balance Confidence Modulates the Association of Gait Speed With Falls in Older Fallers: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
June 28, 2023
Self-perceived balance confidence (BC) and gait speed influence falls. Whether they modulate each other in fall prediction stays uncertain. This study examined whether and how BC modulated the association between gait speed and falls.

Perceptions of Palliative and End-Of-Life Care Capacity Among Frontline Staff and Administrators in Long-Term Care Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation

JAMDA
June 27, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the morbidity and mortality of residents in long-term care (LTC) homes. However, not much is known about its impact on staff's perception of their capacity to provide palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care...

Gladstone Award Goes to Innovative Drive to Deprescribe Team

Spotlight
June 27, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When AMDA launched the Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) – Optimizing Medication Use in PALTC initiative two years ago, they hoped it would make a difference. But members of the D2D workgroup—Arif Nazir, MD, CMD; Sabine...