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Time Trends in Opioid Use by Dementia Severity in Long-Term Care Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
June 27, 2020
Current information on opioid use in nursing home residents, particularly those with dementia, is unknown. We examined the temporal trends in opioid use by dementia severity and the association of dementia severity with opioid use in long-term care...

Residential Greenness Alters Serum 25(OH)D Concentrations: A Longitudinal Cohort of Chinese Older Adults

JAMDA
June 27, 2020
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among older adults. We aimed to study whether residential greenness could alter serum 25(OH)D concentrations as a possible mechanism of residential greenness's positive health effects.

What Should We Be Studying Regarding COVID-19?

JAMDA
June 26, 2020
Similar to other journals representing professional organizations dedicated to the care of older adults, JAMDA, the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, has strived to publish approaches to care that are both scientifically valid and...

CMS Ending Blanket Waiver Requiring Nursing Homes to Submit Staffing Data

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
June 26, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to end the emergency blanket waiver requiring all nursing homes to resume submitting staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system by August 14, 2020. The PBJ...

New Board Member Is Collaborator, Communicator, and Connector of Dots

Spotlight
June 25, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Victoria Walker, MD, CMD, a state presidents council representative on the 2020-2021 AMDA Board of Directors, is a collaborator and a “big picture” person. “I enjoy connecting the dots and looking at the horizon to...

CMS Issues FAQ on Nursing Home Visitation

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
June 25, 2020
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document on nursing home visitation. It answers questions about reopening to visitors, participation in communal activities, and factors to...

CMS Announces Relief for Clinicians Participating in the Quality Payment Program in 2020

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
June 25, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing flexibilities for clinicians participating in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in...

Data Underscores Need for Payment Models that Produce Better Health Outcomes

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 25, 2020
On June 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) called for a renewed national commitment to value-based care based on Medicare claims data that provides an early snapshot of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Medicare...

2020 Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
June 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted the 2020 Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) Annual Report, which describes progress in developing clinician quality measures to support the Quality Payment Program. The CMS...

Do Patients Retain their Family Physicians after Long-Term Care Entry? A Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
June 22, 2020
Older adults value and benefit from the long-standing relationship they have with their family physicians. This dynamic has not been researched in a long-term care (LTC, ie, nursing home) setting. We sought to determine the proportion of LTC...