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Long-Term Care, Residential Facilities, and COVID-19: An Overview of Federal and State Policy Responses

JAMDA
July 4, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected residents and staff at long-term care (LTC) and other residential facilities in the United States. The high morbidity and mortality at these facilities has been attributed to a combination of a...

Predictors of Disease Progression in Early-Onset Alzheimer's Dementia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
July 4, 2020
Early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD), defined as onset of AD before the age of 65 years, is less common than the late-onset type, and little is known about the factors affecting disease progression. The aim of the study was to investigate factors...

Validation of the MEDSAIL Tool to Screen for Capacity for Safe and Independent Living Among Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
July 4, 2020
Capacity for safe and independent living (SAIL) refers to an individual's ability to solve problems associated with everyday life and perform activities necessary for living independently. Little guidance exists on the assessment of capacity for...

Obesity among Nursing Home Residents: Association with Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations

JAMDA
July 4, 2020
Studies show that in nursing homes (NHs), the prevalence of moderate-to-severe obesity has doubled in the last decade and continues to increase. Obese residents are often complex and costly, and this increase in prevalence has come at a time when...

Longitudinal Effects of Active Learning Education on Lifestyle Behavior and Physical Function in Older Adults

JAMDA
July 3, 2020
Sustaining benefits of an exercise program is difficult as adherence is often poor after supervised intervention is over. This study aimed to determine whether the effects of active learning education on physical activity, dietary habits, and...

Senate Aging Committee Minority Members Release Report On COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Skilled Nursing Care, Practitioners
July 2, 2020
Last week, three minority members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging—Ranking Member Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR)—released a new report, COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: How the Trump Administration Failed...

Society Urges HHS to Waive Budget Neutrality for Medicare E&M Visits

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practice Management, Practitioners
July 2, 2020
Last week, the Society joined the American Medical Association and other national medical organizations in urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the office visit increases and waive the requirement for the Centers for...

2021 MIPS Self-Nomination Materials Now Available

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management
July 2, 2020
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the 2021 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Self-Nomination Materials are now posted on the Quality Payment Program Resource Library . You may access the 2021...

Nursing Home Training Series Webcasts on July 9 and July 16

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
July 2, 2020
This series is brought to you by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Quality Improvement Organization Program, a national network of Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations serving every state and...

Guidance on Allowance of Telehealth Encounters in eCQMs Now Available

Policy Snapshot
July 2, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted guidance on the allowance of telehealth encounters for the eligible professional and eligible clinician electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) used in CMS quality reporting...