Following the recent statement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel regarding therapies for the COVID-19 Omicron variant, CMS created HCPCS code J0248 for VEKLURY™ (remdesivir) antiviral medication when...
CMS is creating a technical expert panel to help develop quality and cost measures for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program. Nominate people to serve on the panel by January 16. Visit the Technical Expert Panels:...
The amount of breakfast protein intake is important for maintaining muscle strength. However, the effect of breakfast protein quality (ie, bioavailability) remains unclear. We investigated the association between breakfast protein quality and the...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join There has been a great deal of talk about staffing levels in nursing homes and other settings, as well as much confusion and controversy. If you ask 10 different people about this issue, you might get 10 different...
To better understand and compare resident family and nursing home staff experiences and perceptions of licensed and unlicensed direct care staff turnover.
Poor food and fluid intake and subsequent malnutrition and dehydration of residents are common, longstanding challenges in long-term care (LTC; eg, nursing homes, care homes, skilled nursing facilities). Institutional factors like inadequate...
