On April 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intention to end the use of some 1,135 pandemic waivers that allowed physician visits to the nursing home to be conducted via telehealth. Amid some confusion from...
A recent report from the Seniorly Resource Center breaks down long-term care facility staffing shortages by state and notes that an average of about one-quarter of long-term care facilities have reported shortages in nursing staff so far in 2022, an...
As finalized in the Calendar Year 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is removing the 3-point scoring floor in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for quality measures that can...
Polypharmacy is common in home health care (HHC). This study examined the prevalence of medications associated with geriatric syndromes (MAGS), its predictors, and association with subsequent hospitalization in HHC.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join What do your certified nursing assistants (CNAs) want you to know? This was the topic of a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast. Guests Lori Porter, CEO and co-founder of the National Association of Health Care Assistants...
To compare survival and pneumonia risk among hospitalized patients with advanced dementia on nasogastric tube feeding (NGF) vs careful hand feeding (CHF) and to examine outcomes by feeding problem type.
Sarcopenia and frailty have been shown separately to predict disability and death in old age. Our aim was to determine if sarcopenia may modify the prognosis of frailty regarding both mortality and disability, raising the existence of clinical...
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) acted to promote competition and transparency in our nation’s health- care system that can improve the safety and quality of nursing homes and hospitals. The Centers for Medicare &...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a Quality Payment Program (QPP) webinar this Tuesday, April 26, from 1:00–2:30 PM ET. This presentation will provide an overview of the requirements for the Merit-based Incentive...
This webinar will be held this Thursday, April 28, from 1:00–2:30 PM ET. During the session, the Office of Minority Health will discuss: How CMS is operationalizing health equity across all relevant programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, the...
