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Policy Snapshot
June 7, 2024
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Policy Snapshot
June 7, 2024
Medicare Providers: Deadlines for Joining an Accountable Care Organization
To participate in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) for performance year 2025, work with an ACO to join their participant list. ACOs must submit their lists to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS by) August 1.
Policy Snapshot
June 7, 2024
Quality Payment Program: 2022 Performance Information on Medicare.gov Compare Tool
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added new 2022 Quality Payment Program performance information to the clinician and group profile pages on the Medicare.gov compare tool and the Provider Data Catalog. For more information, visit Care Compare: Doctors and Clinicians Initiative.
Spotlight
June 6, 2024
Gladstone Award Recipient Finds Joy in Media Connections
Barbara Zarowitz, PharmD, MSW, BCPS, CGP, was surprised to receive the 2024 John Gladstone Award for Media Excellence. The award, named for AMDA’s long-time website administrator who passed away in 2022, is designed to honor and recognize contributions to the PALTC clinical community through a media projec...
JAMDA
June 6, 2024
Rethinking Infection Control: Nursing Home Administrator Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic
To examine nursing home administrator perspectives of infection control practices in nursing homes at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and characterize lessons learned.
JAMDA
June 5, 2024
How Do We Achieve Person-Centered Care across Health Care Settings? Expanding Ideological Perspectives into Practice to Advance Person-Centered Care
Person or patient-centered care (PCC) is touted as the gold standard in geriatric medical care across care settings. However, despite more than 3 decades of research and practice initiatives, it remains a challenge to consistently implement PCC that fully places the individual at the center of care plannin...
JAMDA
June 3, 2024
Home Health Quality among Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: Association with Race/Ethnicity and Dual Eligibility before and during the COVID Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, home health agencies (HHAs) discharges following acute hospitalizations increased. This study examined whether racial and ethnic minoritized and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients (ie, Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligible) were differentially discharged to below-average quali...
JAMDA
June 3, 2024
Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention for Dementia Caregiver Empowerment (BESI): A Pilot Study
JAMDA
June 3, 2024
Fit2Drive: Screening Older Drivers with Cognitive Concerns
The purpose of this study was to identify the most parsimonious combination of cognitive tests that accurately predicts the likelihood of passing an on-road driving evaluation in order to develop a screening measure that can be administered as an in-office test.
JAMDA
June 3, 2024