The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact all clinicians across the United States and territories, and CMS recognizes that not everyone may have been able to submit an Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application for...
Little empirical research exists on how key stakeholders involved in the provision of care for chronic conditions and policy planning perceive the indirect or “spillover” effects of the COVID-19 on non-COVID patients. This study aims to explore...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join An article in The New York Times (NYT) from September contained some alarming reports about antipsychotic medication use in nursing homes. A recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, Another Reflection on Antipsychotic Use in...
Aging is associated with sleep problems, which are common among assisted living (AL) residents. More than 40% of residents have insomnia, and almost 70% have a sleep disturbance of some kind. Melatonin to treat sleep disorders has become common...
To evaluate the feasibility outcomes of implementing a multicomponent staff training intervention (PROCUIDA-Demencia) to promote psychosocial interventions and reduce antipsychotic prescription in Mexican care homes and study its effect on staff's...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule that includes updates on policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues. The rule finalizes...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join While post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners are still wrestling with COVID and bracing for flu season, other issues—such as pain management—require their attention. An AMDA webinar on November 10— No...
The quality of care provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is increasingly being compared to community providers. The objective of this study was to compare the VA Community Living Centers (CLCs) to nursing homes in the community (...
