Spotlight
March 28, 2024
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Podcast
March 27, 2024
JAMDA On-The-Go | March 2024
JAMDA
March 24, 2024
Social Frailty and Functional Status in Japanese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Subjective Cognitive Function
This study aimed to explore the direct and indirect effects of social frailty on functional state trajectories mediated by subjective cognitive function in older adults.
JAMDA
March 23, 2024
Half a Marathon a Day: Excessive Walking in People With Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities
JAMDA
March 22, 2024
A Mendelian Randomization Study Supports Bidirectional Causal Associations between Hearing Loss and Frailty
Policy Snapshot
March 22, 2024
CMS Announces Reopening of 2023 MIPS EUC Application in Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack
In response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the data submission deadline and is now reopening the 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application to p...
Spotlight
March 22, 2024
Embracing a New Identity: AMDA Announces Name Change
During PALTC24, AMDA’s annual conference, the House of Delegates voted unanimously to change the organization's name to the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTMed). This name is inclusive and representative of all clinicians working in PALTC and truly reflects who we are, what we d...
Policy Snapshot
March 22, 2024
New Initiative to Increase Investments in Person-Centered Primary Care
On March 19, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced a new voluntary model that empowers primary care providers in eligible Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to treat people with Medicare using innovative, team-based...
Policy Snapshot
March 22, 2024
CMS Issues Updated Medicare Conversion Factor
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its website to reflect the new Medicare Physician Payment Schedule conversion factor. This is a result of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2024, which, starting March 9, 2024, included an additional 1.68 percent update to the 2024 conv...
Spotlight
March 22, 2024
