Physical restraints can be harmful and abusive. Improper use of physical restraints has negative consequences on physical, functional, and psychological aspects and can even cause death. The main indication for physical restraint is a safety measure...
This week, the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) released their Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework White Paper. The paper defines payment model categories and establishes a common framework and a set of conventions for...
On January 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 121 new participants in Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiatives designed to improve the care patients receive in the health care system and lower costs...
CMS has revised guidelines on Reviewing Short Stay Hospital Claims for Patient Status: Admissions On or After January 1, 2016 . Starting October 1, 2015 Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIOs) began...
In this MLN Connects video , Dr. Patrick Conway, the Principle Deputy Administrator and Chief Medical Officer for CMS, provides an overview of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 . This important legislation...
The 2015 White House Conference on Aging released their final report which summarizes the work of 2015 year as well as the feedback they have received in the course of carrying out the conference. In a year that marked the 50th anniversary of...
Performing root cause analyses (RCA) on transfers of skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients to acute hospitals can help identify opportunities for care process improvements and education that may help prevent unnecessary emergency department (ED)...
Dietary pattern analysis has recently emerged as an alternative approach to investigate the association between diet and sarcopenia. This study examined the association of dietary patterns with sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people.
On November 3, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), published in the Federal Register (80 Fed. Reg. 68126), proposed revisions to requirements for discharge planning for hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and Home...
On December 18th, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released for comment the draft CMS Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) . Section 102 of MACRA, requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and post on the...
