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January 27, 2023
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JAMDA
October 10, 2024
Navigating Dilemmas on Advance Euthanasia Directives of Patients with Advanced Dementia
This study revisited the complexities faced by physicians in meeting due care criteria for euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia in The Netherlands. Despite increasing cases and legal provisions for advance euthanasia directives (AEDs), physicians encounter challenges with ethical issues, including...
JAMDA
July 30, 2025
Diagnoses Associated With Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents With Severe Functional Impairment and Terminal Illness
Hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits can be uncomfortable and burdensome for severely impaired and terminally ill nursing home (NH) residents. Very few studies have examined specific diagnoses associated with these events.
JAMDA
May 30, 2023
Validation of the ADICE_IT Models for Predicting Falls and Recurrent Falls in Geriatric OutpatientsFValidation of the ADICE_IT Models for Predicting Falls and Recurrent Falls in Geriatric Outpatients
Before being used in clinical practice, a prediction model should be tested in patients whose data were not used in model development. Previously, we developed the ADICE_IT models for predicting any fall and recurrent falls, referred as Any_fall and Recur_fall. In this study, we externally validated the mo...
JAMDA
March 21, 2025
High Anticholinergic Burden of Patients Hospitalized for Hip Fracture Reveals a Target for Deprescribing
Anticholinergic medications can produce harmful side effects, such as ataxia and delirium, in older adults. Older adults with hip fractures are particularly vulnerable, yet they are often prescribed these medications. This study aimed to evaluate the anticholinergic burden (ACB) before and after hospitaliz...
Policy Snapshot
August 17, 2025
Bill Introduced to Strengthen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
The Strengthening Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act, introduced by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), would strengthen the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program under the Older Americans Act. This program, which relies on trained staff and volunteers to advocate for nursing home and long-term c...
Policy Snapshot
March 24, 2025
2024 MIPS Data Submission Deadline Extended to April 14, 2025
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians and their representatives can submit and update their MIPS data until April 14, 2025, at 8:00 PM ET. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages submission of data as early as possible in advance of this extended deadline...
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...
Policy Snapshot
April 20, 2026
CMS Launches First Wave of HealthTech Ecosystem Tools, Fast-Tracking a Fully Digital, Patient-Centered Health System
A major leap forward in modernizing America’s health-care system was announced during the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) HealthTech Ecosystem Live! First Wave Launch event, which brought together CMS infrastructure, a new Medicare App Library, and an initial set of patient-facing applic...
JAMDA
July 19, 2025