The revised Annual Wellness Visit booklet is available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Learn about: Health risk assessment Initial and subsequent components Coding, diagnosis, and billing
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Receiving the 2018 Medical Director of the Year award was an honor that Eric Hasemeier, DO, CMD, will never forget. “Receiving this award was fantastic. It truly was the highlight of my career. It substantiates...
Care workers in nursing homes cannot always carry out all necessary nursing interventions because of time constraints, lack of resources, or other organizational or personal factors. This failure is included within the concept of unfinished nursing...
Several authors suggest that circulating klotho, a single-pass transmembrane protein, could be associated with longevity.1–4 This study aimed to test the relationship between the level of plasma Klotho and mortality among a specific population of...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Jeffrey Levine, MD, CMD, has spent years studying wounds. He has worked in a wide array of environments from outpatient wound care clinics, hospitals, and post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities. Now,...
On October 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 1,299 entities have signed agreements with the agency to participate in the administration’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) – Advanced Model. The...
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS score and performance feedback are available on the Quality Payment Program website. The payment adjustment you will receive in 2019 will be based on your...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Jeffrey Levine, MD, CMD, has spent years studying wounds. He has worked in a wide array of environments from outpatient wound care clinics, hospitals, and post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities. Now,...
To examine the potential added value of a simple 5-item questionnaire for sarcopenia screening (SARC-F) to the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) for hip fracture risk prediction, in order to identify at-risk older adults for screening with dual-...
