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JAMDA
May 30, 2025
Feasibility of Novel Opioid Assessment Tool for Rehabilitation Patients in a Skilled Nursing Facility
A uniform standardized assessment of opioid treatment does not exist to guide management decisions for patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The purpose of this study is to determine if (1) a novel opioid assessment tool can be feasibly used to support clinician decision-making in opioid managemen...
JAMDA
May 30, 2025
Physician Health Counseling for Older Adults with Obesity in the United States, 2015-2019: An Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data
Obesity affects one-third of American adults aged ≥65 years. Despite the increasing uptake of prescription weight loss medications, physician provision of diet and exercise weight loss counseling and referrals benefits patients and improves health outcomes. To increase awareness about possible underuse of ...
JAMDA
May 30, 2025
Screening/Diagnosing Sarcopenia with Machine Learning–Powered Risk Assessment: The SARCO X Study
Sarcopenia imposes significant morbidity and economic burden on health care systems, underscoring the critical need for early/effective screening and diagnosis. This study aimed to develop a machine learning (ML)-based algorithm to facilitate the screening/diagnosis of sarcopenia.
JAMDA
May 30, 2025
Which Enhanced Influenza Vaccine Has the Greatest Immunogenicity in Long-Term Care Residents: The Adjuvanted or the High-Dose Formulation?
This study compares enhanced influenza vaccines recommended for older adults, adjuvanted flu vaccine (aTIV, FLUAD) vs high-dose flu vaccine (HD-IIV3, FLUZONE HD) to determine if they met noninferiority standards for older long-term care facility (LTCF) residents.
Policy Snapshot
May 30, 2025
CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program Open for Applications
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting applications for the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Eligible organizations interested in joining the program must submit their applications through the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Management System.
Policy Snapshot
May 30, 2025
New Medical Liability Report Demands Action
The American Medical Association’s (AMA) Medical Liability Reform NOW! 2025 report sounds the alarm that medical liability premiums are climbing, and a hard market, where policies are more expensive and harder to obtain, could be next. This year’s report emphasizes the problematic rise in liability premium...
Policy Snapshot
May 30, 2025
Bipartisan Bill Reintroduced to Streamline Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization
Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), have reintroduced the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (S. 1816), a bipartisan, zero-cost bill designed to improve access to care for the 32.8 million Americans enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The legislation aims to simplify th...
Caring for the Ages
May 29, 2025
Negotiations: Going From Trouble to Teamwork
Caring for the Ages
May 29, 2025
What Providers Need to Know About New Urine PCR and Pharmacogenomic Testing
