Nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada, were prioritized for vaccination with mRNA vaccines from Moderna (mRNA-1273) or Pfizer (BNT163b2) in December 2020-January 2021, which significantly reduced the high morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Always ahead of the curve, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine started bringing energetic new practitioners into the field long before physician shortages were on the national radar...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Always ahead of the curve, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine started bringing energetic new practitioners into the field long before physician shortages were on the national radar...
Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its OIG’s Top Unimplemented Recommendations: Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs annual report. This year’s report focused on the top 25 unimplemented recommendations...
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration, released the HHS Health Workforce Strategic Plan . This plan, required by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (...
Antipsychotic use for neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is common despite the increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality. There is limited and inconsistent evidence on the possible risk of stroke. We assessed whether...
Timely identifying changing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care needs is crucial. Physicians are responsible for treatment decision making, but in nursing homes, nurses see residents more frequently and may be best positioned to...
On Wednesday, October 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a webinar that detailed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) strategy moving forward. In conjunction with the webinar, CMMI released a white...
