This study investigated the relationship between statin use and dementia risk in older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). It also assessed the impact of various statin types, dosage intensity, and cumulative doses on dementia risk.
Hospital at Home (HaH) is an innovative approach to providing acute and subacute care in the patient's (care) home, with the dual purpose of increasing bed capacity and providing patients with high-quality, person-centered care and the option to...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved a 3.37% cut to Medicare physician payments for 2024. If Congress doesn’t act before the year ends, these proposed cuts will go into effect, worsening patients’ access to care...
For flu, pneumococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines furnished on or after July 1, 2023, to patients staying in a Medicare Part A-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF), immunizers can no longer bill Medicare directly. Typical SNF consolidated billing...
Although the standard falls prevention strategy is to identify and respond to patients with high-risk conditions, it remains unclear whether falls in patients with high fall risk account for most observed falls. In this study, fall risk and number...
Research suggests that clinical decision making for assessing and treating patients with swallowing dysfunction varies significantly, and decisions may harm patients. The study aimed to investigate clinical practice of speech-language pathologists (...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join In this episode of AMDA On-The-Go, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guests Tana Whitt, MSN, PMHNP-MC; Charissa Duffy DNP, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC; and Anthony Nedelman, PhD; discuss behavioral and...
Guidelines recommend upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic evaluation for patients without a clear physiological explanation for iron deficiency anemia (IDA). However, the consequences of watchful waiting in older patients with unexplained IDA...
In a recent issue of JAMDA, Haimowitz and Pope applaud the decision of AMDA to retire its 2019 Statement on Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives (SED by AD).1 Their criticism of the 2019 paper is based largely on their characterizing...
