This week, it was announced that Adam Boehler will be stepping down from his role are the Director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mr. Boehler was...
This week, the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee passed 10 bills out of committee. One of the bills passed was the EMPOWER for Health Act (HR 2781 ). The bill reauthorizes Health Workforce Programs including the Geriatric Workforce...
SNF PPS Patient Driven Payment Model: Get Ready for Implementation on October 1 On October 1, the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is replacing the Resource Utilization Group, Version IV for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective...
Frailty is a state characterized by decreased reserve across multiple physiological systems due to aged-related cumulative deficits.1 Once frailty has developed, it often leads to a downward spiral in overall health.1 However, frailty is not...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Sustainability is the ‘magic sauce’ in quality improvement,” said David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, head of one of two clinician teams named as the Society’s 2019 Choosing Wisely® Champions. Dr. Nace utilized Choosing...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The urgency of addressing suicide prevention in long-term care, the topic of the June 24 AMDA On-The-Go podcast, is apparent. The stories are grim. Podcast guest Elizabeth Conti, PhD, a psychologist and assistant...
To examine the association between nursing home (NH) quality and new onset of depression and severity of depressive symptoms in a national cohort of long-stay NH residents in the United States.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool based on the first snapshot of data from Alternative Payment Model (APM) entities. The tool includes 2019 Qualifying APM Participant...
