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Gait Performance Trajectories and Incident Disabling Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
Initial gait speed is a good predictor of dementia in later life. This prospective study used repeated measures analysis to identify potential gait performance trajectory patterns and to determine whether gait performance trajectory patterns were...

Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Mortality: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
The nature and commonality of late-life risk factors for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, and mortality remain unclear. Our aim was to investigate potential risk factors, simultaneously in a single cohort including many individuals...

Holiday Greetings from Chris Laxton

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Patient Centered, Practitioners, Quality
December 22, 2016
This holiday season, please take a minute to reflect on the important work you do every day in post-acute and long-term care, caring for a vulnerable and frail population. Hi I’m Chris Laxton, Executive Director of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute...

Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 16, 2016
Enacted August 6, 2015, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act) requires hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to provide notification to individuals receiving observation services as...

Upcoming CMS Events

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
December 16, 2016
MACRA 101 Webinar Series — December 16, 20, and 21 December 16, 20, and 21 from 12 to 1 pm ET Join CMS for a webinar series to learn about the development of patient relationship categories for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...

CMS Releases New Comprehensive CJR Model: SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver MLN Matters® Article

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 15, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a new MLN Matters Special Edition Article on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Rule Waiver . The article discusses the...

Reminder: House of Delegates Resolutions and Delegate Registrations Due January 15th

Policy Snapshot
December 9, 2016
Information on the upcoming meetings, the resolutions process, and checklists to help are available on the Society’s House of Delegates website at www.paltc.org/hod. Need to register delegates? Visit the HoD site as well and click on “Register...

Congress Passes 21st Century Cures Act

Policy Snapshot
Patient Centered
December 9, 2016
H.R. 6 , the 21st Century Cures Act, passed both the House and Senate and is expected to be signed by President Obama. The bill, sponsored by Representative Fred Upton (R-MI), will bring “health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st Century,...

SNF Quality Reporting Program Video Presentation from CMS

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality
December 9, 2016
A video presentation is available for the September 14 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) webcast on the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP). Learn about the reporting requirements for the new SNF QRP,...

Older Citizens' Opinions on Long-Term Care Options: A Vignette Survey

JAMDA
December 9, 2016
Older citizens are directly concerned, as potential beneficiaries and informal caregivers, by access to long-term care (LTC) services matching their expectations. The aim of this research was to collect their opinions regarding LTC arrangements for...