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CMS Releases Preliminary 2020 Performance Year Quality Payment Program Results

Policy Snapshot
January 28, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the preliminary participation data for the 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP). CMS released an infographic that summarized their findings. During the pandemic many clinicians had...

In a “Win” for PALTC, Court Allows Medicare Beneficiaries to Challenge Hospital Observation Stays

Policy Snapshot
January 28, 2022
In what is hailed as a big win in court for Medicare beneficiaries, last week the Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court and ruled that Medicare beneficiaries whose status in the hospital is changed from inpatient to outpatient have the right...

CMS Makes Nursing Home Staffing Data Available

Policy Snapshot
January 28, 2022
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began posting, for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website . CMS calculates staff turnover as the...

New Hosts Take the Wheel on AMDA On-The-Go Podcasts

Spotlight
January 27, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With the start of 2022, AMDA’s popular podcast programs feature two new hosts. Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, is the new host of AMDA On-The-Go; Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, has taken the helm of the Caring On-...

Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons From the Asian Approach: A Narrative Review

JAMDA
January 24, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic put into question the organizational skills of LTCF. The containment measures implemented in several Asian countries avoided heavy death tolls in LTCF in contrast to other countries across the globe. The aim of this review is...

Relationships Between Community Virus Activity and Cardiorespiratory Rehospitalizations From Post-Acute Care

JAMDA
January 24, 2022
Quantify the relationship between increasing influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) community viral activity and cardiorespiratory rehospitalizations among older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

CMS Releases Latest Report on Antipsychotic Medication Use

Policy Snapshot
January 21, 2022
The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes has released its Antipsychotic Medicare Use and Data report for the second quarter of 2021. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is tracking the progress of the...

AMA to Host Webinar Addressing Clinician Well-Being in Omicron’s Wake

Policy Snapshot
January 21, 2022
The American Medical Association (AMA) is hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 27, at 12:00 PM ET exploring strategies for addressing clinician well-being in the wake of the coronavirus’ Omicron variant . The webinar, Reconsidering Priorities...

Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Residential Aged Care: Updated Consensus Recommendations

JAMDA
January 21, 2022
Osteoporosis is underdiagnosed and undertreated in people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), even though aged-care residents are at greater risk of experiencing fractures than their community-dwelling counterparts. The first (2009)...

Optimizing Practices, Use, Care, and Services–Antipsychotics (OPUS-AP) in Long-Term Care Centers in Quebec, Canada: A Successful Scale-Up

JAMDA
January 21, 2022
To evaluate the scale-up of the OPUS-AP program to improve the care of residents at long-term care (LTC) centers through the systematic implementation of resident-centered approaches to care, the application of nonpharmacologic interventions for the...