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SARS-CoV-2 and Wisconsin Nursing Homes: Temporal Dynamics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
August 26, 2021
Evidence suggests that quality, location, and staffing levels may be associated with COVID-19 incidence in nursing homes. However, it is unknown if these relationships remain constant over time. We describe incidence rates of COVID-19 across...

Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine for Nursing Home Staff: An Ethical Obligation

JAMDA
August 25, 2021
As the SARS-CoV-2 Delta strain spreads across the United States, increasing the rates of COVID-19 vaccination is fundamental to protecting both residents and staff in long-term care (LTC) settings. Since the roll-out of effective COVID-19 vaccines...

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Residents and Staff Members of Assisted Living and Residential Care Communities—Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, December 2020–April 2021

JAMDA
August 24, 2021
In December 2020, CDC launched the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination of residents and staff in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), including assisted living (AL) and other residential care (RC)...

Erratum

JAMDA
August 23, 2021
Regarding the March 2021 article, Doherty WJ, et al. Prediction of postoperative outcomes following hip fracture surgery: independent validation and recalibration of the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2021;22(3):663-669.

Estimation of Muscle Mass Using Creatinine/Cystatin C Ratio in Japanese Community-Dwelling Older People

JAMDA
August 23, 2021
Sarcopenia is defined as a combination of low skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), weak muscle strength, and reduced physical function. Recently, many studies have reported that the creatinine/cystatin C ratio (Cr/CysC) is useful for evaluating muscle...

Two Canadian Provincial Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Impact on Nursing Home Staffing

JAMDA
August 23, 2021
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Québec was the hardest hit province in Canada with close to half the deaths due to the virus in the entire country. The vast majority of those deaths occurred in long-term care institutions, or nursing...

August 22, 2021

Weekly Roundup
August 22, 2021
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CMS to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Nursing Home Staff

Policy Snapshot
August 20, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing an emergency regulation requiring staff vaccinations within the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare and...

Update: 2020 MIPS Performance Feedback, Final Score, and 2022 MIPS Payment Adjustment Information

Policy Snapshot
August 20, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be updating the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback and final scores for some clinicians for the performance year 2020 and the associated MIPS payment...

Join the White House COVID-19 Response Team for a Virtual Conversation on Health Systems, Providers, and the COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

Policy Snapshot
August 20, 2021
Date of the Event : Monday, August 23 from 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT. Link to event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iwkc7ZkK6w A recording will also be available at this link after the event. About the virtual event: The event will focus on the...