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February 13, 2023 Letter to The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

February 17, 2023
February 13, 2023 The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 445–G 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201...

CMS Proposed Rule Would Require Disclosure of Additional Ownership and Management Information for Nursing Homes

Policy Snapshot
February 17, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional action to increase the transparency of nursing home ownership and management. The department issued a proposed rule to require nursing homes to disclose additional ownership and...

CMS Proposed Rule Would Require Disclosure of Additional Ownership and Management Information for Nursing Homes

Policy Snapshot
February 17, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional action to increase the transparency of nursing home ownership and management. The department issued a proposed rule to require nursing homes to disclose additional ownership and...

Medical Societies Unite in Support of Proposed Prior Authorization Reforms

Policy Snapshot
February 17, 2023
The Society, along with the American Medical Association (AMA) and 118 other leading medical societies, united in strong support of the meaningful prior authorization reforms proposed for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare prescription drug benefit...

National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on February 22

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February 17, 2023
National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on February 22 Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this Wednesday, February 22, 2023. at 3:00 PM ET for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers,...

Council Puts Behavioral Health Front and Center

Spotlight
February 16, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When AMDA established the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in 2020, the group hit the ground running. It continues to evolve and take on new projects and challenges, currently under the leadership of co-chairs...

Relationship Between Physical Symptoms and Loneliness in Patients with Heart Failure: The Serial Mediating Roles of Activities of Daily Living and Social Isolation

JAMDA
February 15, 2023
This study aimed to examine the multiple mediation effects of activities of daily living and social isolation on the relationship between physical symptoms and loneliness in patients with heart failure.

Excitement Builds for AMDA Family Reunion at PALTC23

Spotlight
February 10, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As the time for PALTC23 in Tampa, FL, nears, the excitement of Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD, grows. The chair of the Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee looks forward to March 9-12 and the first fully in...

IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP February 15, 2023, Submission Deadline Reminder

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. IRF Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) assessment data and...

CMS Approves Suppression of the 2022 Performance Period Quality Measure #238: Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults for the Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) Collection Type

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Performance Period Suppressed and Truncated MIPS Quality Measures List announcing that quality measure 238: Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults will be suppressed for...