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On Being a Hero: An Honor and a Burden?

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
Health care staff are being applauded as heroes. Signs with “Heroes Work Here” have appeared across the country in front of nursing homes and hospitals. In urban areas, people share their gratitude for health care heroes by banging on pots and pans...

Racial Disparities Exposed by COVID-19

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
The COVID 19 pandemic has laid bare the evidence of long-standing racial inequities in health care in the United States. National statistics available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, “COVID 19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority...

New Board Member Became Powerful Voice on COVID-19

Spotlight
July 30, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The name Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, has become very familiar during the COVID-19 pandemic. As chair of the Society’s Infection Advisory Committee (IAC), she has spoken about the virus during webinars and AMDA On-The...

Senate Leadership Introduces New COVID Relief Package; Includes Nursing Home Support

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Telemedicine
July 30, 2020
Last week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a new COVID-19 relief package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) . The bill includes proposals to have the Department of Health and Human...

CMS Updates Data on COVID-19 Impacts on Medicare Beneficiaries

COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Resident
July 30, 2020
On July 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first monthly update of data that provides a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population. For the first time, the snapshot includes data for American...

COVID-19: Laboratory Claims Requiring the NPI of the Ordering/Referring Professional — Update

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practitioners
July 30, 2020
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relaxed requirements for a limited number of laboratory tests required for a COVID-19 diagnosis. These tests do not require a practitioner...

Quality of Post-Acute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities That Disproportionately Serve Hispanics With Dementia

JAMDA
July 30, 2020
As the number of Hispanics with dementia continues to increase, greater use of post-acute care in nursing home settings will be required. Little is known about the quality of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that disproportionately serve Hispanic...

COVID-19 and Nursing Home Residents' Rights

JAMDA
July 29, 2020
Prior to 1987, nursing home residents had no explicit rights. It was the Nursing Home Reform Act that brought a bill of rights for residents out of recognition of the steep power imbalance between residents and staff,1 and the development of learned...

Prognostic Value of Lung Ultrasonography in Older Nursing Home Residents Affected by COVID-19

JAMDA
July 29, 2020
Lung ultrasonographic (LUS) imaging may play an important role in the management of patients with COVID-19–associated lung injury, particularly in some special populations. However, data regarding the prognostic role of the LUS in nursing home...

Perceived Quality of Care Transitions between Hospital and the Home in People with Stroke

JAMDA
July 29, 2020
To explore the perceived quality of care transitions from hospital to the home with referral to subsequent rehabilitation in the home, and factors associated with low perceived quality, in people with stroke.