MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “If, as a physician, I want to recommend something for an older adult I serve, I want to ensure that what I’m recommending will work and that it is evidence-based. Then, I want to make sure that it is happening. If...
One Week Left to Submit Data for the 2019 MIPS Performance Period The data submission deadline for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians participating in the 2019 performance period of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) is...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging clinicians who participate in the Quality Payment Program (QPP), such as physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others, to contribute to scientific research...
There is still an opportunity to ensure that members of Congress hear about the importance of immunity for pandemic responders. Protect Patients Now needs your help to protect patients and the health care providers who are working on the front lines...
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided additional information about allocation of the $100 billion CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. This updated information is available here On April 10, an initial $30 billion was...
On February 20, 2020, a man living in the north of Italy was admitted to the emergency room with an atypical pneumonia that later proved to be COVID-19. This was the trigger of one of the most serious clusters of COVID-19 in the world, outside of...
The purpose of this study was to examine whether frailty could explain variability in healthcare expenditure beyond multimorbidity and disability among Chinese older adults.
As cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to rise exponentially, many countries are employing increasingly tight lock-down and emergency procedures, including the rapid implementation of spatial distancing measures. However...
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarize the prevalence of, and association between, physical frailty or sarcopenia and malnutrition in older hospitalized adults.
