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COVID-19 in Italy: Ageism and Decision Making in a Pandemic

JAMDA
May 1, 2020
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 situation as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.1 To date, Italy is the country after China that has been most severely hit by this humanitarian and public health tsunami. Projections are even suggesting...

The Need to Include Assisted Living in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
May 1, 2020
The risk of complications and death from COVID-19 is markedly skewed toward older adults. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently wrote, “Given their congregate nature and residents served (eg, older adults often with...

Variability in State Regulations Pertaining to Infection Control and Pandemic Response in US Assisted Living Communities

JAMDA
May 1, 2020
At the end of 2019, international attention was drawn to an outbreak of zoonotic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, formally named COVID-19, in Wuhan, China.1 The World Health Organization officially declared the outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020,...

Comment on “Association Between Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors and Osteoporotic Fractures in Alzheimer's Patients”

JAMDA
May 1, 2020
In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Won et al1 focused on to the association of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) with osteoporotic fractures among older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD). With...

Authors' Response to Association between Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors and Osteoporotic Fractures in Older Persons With Alzheimer's Disease

JAMDA
May 1, 2020
We thank Naharci and Tasci1 for their thoughtful comments regarding our recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Assoication.2 They provided us with an opportunity to further increase the clinical value of our...

Pain Is Associated With Poor Balance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMDA
May 1, 2020
Pain is a risk factor for falls in older adults, but the mechanisms are not well understood, limiting our ability to implement effective preventive strategies. The aim of this study was to systematically review and synthesize the literature that has...

CMS Announces More Regulatory Waivers; Increases In Audio-Only Payments

Policy Snapshot
May 1, 2020
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second round of emergency declaration waivers including: Further Expansion of Telehealth in Medicare: CMS previously announced that Medicare would pay for certain services...

Society Supports the ACCESS ACT

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Telemedicine
May 1, 2020
Last week, the Society—through its membership in the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO)—sent letters of support for the Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act (ACCESS Act, H.R. 6487 and S. 3517...

CMS Adds New COVID-19 Clinical Trials Improvement Activity to the Quality Payment Program

Policy Snapshot
COVID-19, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
May 1, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter thanking clinicians for their ongoing efforts to treat patients and combat COVID-19 and shared additional details on the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)...

Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System Updates, Nursing Home Staff Counts, and Frequently Asked Questions Now Available From CMS

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
May 1, 2020
In a recent memo to state survey agencies, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the inspection domain of the Nursing Home Compare website will be held constant temporarily due to the prioritization and suspension of...