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August 15, 2021

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August 15, 2021
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People With Medicare Who Are Immunocompromised Would be Able to Receive an Additional COVID-19 Dose At No Cost

Policy Snapshot
August 13, 2021
In response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent action that authorizes an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is assuring people with Medicare...

Reminder: Register for a Virtual Office Hours to Discuss the 2022 MIPS Self-Nomination Processes for Qualified Registries and QCDRs

Policy Snapshot
August 13, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a virtual “office hours” session on Thursday, August 19, 2021, from 1:00–2:30 PM ET to provide an opportunity for participants to ask questions about the Qualified Registry and...

SNF Section K: Height, Weight, and Nutritional Approaches Web-Based Training

Policy Snapshot
August 13, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new web-based training course for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) that covers assessment and coding of K0200: Height and Weight and K0500: Nutritional Approaches.

Flu Study Recruiting: Be Part of Something Big

Spotlight
August 12, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Flu season is fast approaching; and, as with COVID, we’re still learning how to prevent and treat this infection. Toward that end, a team of nationally recognized long-term care researchers are undertaking a large-...

Ecological Analysis of the Decline in Incidence Rates of COVID-19 Among Nursing Home Residents Associated with Vaccination, United States, December 2020-January 2021

JAMDA
August 12, 2021
To evaluate if facility-level vaccination after an initial vaccination clinic was independently associated with COVID-19 incidence adjusted for other factors in January 2021 among nursing home residents.

Front-Line Hospice Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Opportunities to Discussing Advance Care Planning With Hospice Patients and Their Families

JAMDA
August 12, 2021
To understand the facilitators and barriers to hospice staff engagement of patients and surrogates in advance care planning (ACP) conversations.

Association of Body Mass Index With All-Cause Mortality in Acutely Hospitalized Older Patients

JAMDA
August 10, 2021
The aim was to examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in older hospitalized patients taking activities of daily living (ADLs) into account.

Delayed Dysphagia May Be Sarcopenic Dysphagia in Patients After Stroke

JAMDA
August 10, 2021
In many cases, swallowing function is impaired after the onset of stroke and gradually improves. However, delayed dysphagia has been reported in some post-stroke patients. Recently, several studies have reported that low muscle strength and...

Sex Differences in the Associations of Handgrip Strength and Asymmetry With Multimorbidity: Evidence From the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

JAMDA
August 10, 2021
To determine the sex-specific associations of handgrip strength (HGS) and asymmetry with incident multimorbidity and examine whether these relationships differ by sex.