Read the Health Care Worker Vaccination Rule letter that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued to health care facility administrators.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual update to the CMS Program Statistics with data for calendar year 2020. The statistics present a detailed summary on Medicare populations, utilization, and payments...
This report's findings showcase how health-care plans, as well as insurance companies, are not factoring in the mental health and the possibility of substance-use disorders for patients during a pandemic. The report outlines the efforts that the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to provide relief where possible to clinicians responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). CMS is applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) automatic...
This study aimed to assess whether the amount and quality of daily-life walking obtained using wearable technology can predict depression onset over a 2-year period, independently of self-reported health status.
We aimed to investigate whether sedative medications are associated with adverse outcomes in people with dementia, and whether specific characteristics of these medications predict a higher risk of harm.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When COVID hit, it forced a hard look at long-term care. That there was a problem with nursing home quality, regulations, and financing wasn’t necessarily new, but the pandemic highlighted the industry’s...
To evaluate, in a cohort of adults ≥80 years old, the frailty status at the emergency department (ED) admission, for the in-hospital death risk stratification of patients needing major surgical procedures.
Natural disasters can impair the cognitive function of older victims. However, it is unknown whether such natural disasters affect drug treatment for dementia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the 2018 Japan Floods, the second...
