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Quality Payment Program: MIPS and APM Resources from CMS

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 17, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) posted new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) resources: MIPS 2018 Performance Period Resources: Performance Feedback Beneficiary-Level Data...

Identifying Key Risk Factors for Dizziness Handicap in Middle-Aged and Older People

JAMDA
October 17, 2019
More than 10% of people aged 50 years and older report dizziness. Despite available treatments, dizziness remains unresolved for many people due in part to suboptimal assessment. We aimed to identify factors associated with dizziness handicap in...

Reducing Loneliness and Depression: The Power of Peer Mentoring in Long-term Care

JAMDA
October 17, 2019
Moving into a long-term care home can be accompanied by negative psychosocial effects. Loneliness and depression are common,1 and residents complain about superficial social connections in these settings.2 Despite a desire among residents for more...

Post-Acute Care for Older People Following Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
October 16, 2019
The study sought to determine whether older people, on discharge from hospital and on referral to a supported discharge team (SDT), will have: (1) reduced length of stay in hospital; (2) reduced risk of hospital readmission; and (3) reduced...

A Method to the Madness: Using Technology to Enhance Team-Based Care Coordination

JAMDA
October 16, 2019
In this age of innovation, data generated in 2 days is as much as all data generated in human history before 2003!1 An explosion of startups aiming to improve senior care is resulting in a flurry of new ideas and products. How does one make the best...

Effects of Copayment in Long-Term Care Insurance on Long-Term Care and Medical Care Expenditure

JAMDA
October 14, 2019
This study aimed to clarify the difference in (1) long-term care (LTC) usage and expenditure and (2) medical care service usage and expenditure before and after the change in the copayment limit for qualifying individuals from 10% to 20%.

Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome in a Chinese Older Adult Population: Prevalence and Associated Factors

JAMDA
October 14, 2019
China is expected to host almost half of the global dementia population by 2050.1 Such projections demand immediate preventive therapies to delay the progression of cognitive decline in the community. Motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome...

October 13, 2019

Weekly Roundup
October 13, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Earlier this year the Foundation for PALTC Medicine asked Society members to participate in a large-scale quality improvement study to evaluate the impact of the annual influenza vaccine choice on LTC facility...

A Randomized Trial of Alerting to Hypocholesterolemia Results of the Low Indexes of Metabolism Intervention Trial-C (LIMIT-C)

JAMDA
October 12, 2019
The benefit of alerting clinical staff to drug-induced hypocholesterolemia in patients aged 75 years and older remains uncertain.

Predictors of Incident Fear of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
October 11, 2019
Fear of falling (FoF) is common in older people and may lead to physical decline, disability, poor quality of life, and falls. Several risk factors for FoF have been identified in cross-sectional studies, but evidence on predictors of its incidence...