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March 31, 2025
CMS Issues Guidance on Improving Payment Accuracy for Physician Services in SNFs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new MLN Matters aimed at enhancing payment accuracy for physician services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Effective July 1, 2025, these measures will address common misclassifications of Place of Service (POS) codes that ...
Policy Snapshot
March 24, 2025
CMS Reminds SNFs to Revalidate by May 1
CMS has issued a reminder for enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to collect and submit data on ownership, managerial, and related party information by May 1, 2025. This initiative is part of CMS' ongoing efforts to enhance transparency regarding SNF ownership and leadership.
Policy Snapshot
April 18, 2025
CMS Announces Extension for SNF Revalidation and Medical Director Reporting to August 1
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to collect and submit data on ownership, managerial, and related party information to August 1, 2025. This initiative is part of CMS' ongoing efforts to enhance transparency ...
JAMDA
December 12, 2023
Focusing on Provider Quality Measurement: Continued Consensus and Feasibility Testing of Practice-Based Quality Measures for Primary Care Providers in Long-Term Care
Medical providers in long-term care (LTC) use a unique skillset in delivering comprehensive resident care. Publicly reported quality measures (QMs) do not directly emphasize medical provider competency and their role in care. The impact of providers is understudied and to a large extent, unknown. Our objec...
JAMDA
May 13, 2014
Advanced Technology Care Innovation for Older People in Italy: Necessity and Opportunity to Promote Health and Wellbeing
Even though there is a constant and accelerating growth of the aging population worldwide, such a rapid rise is negatively impacting available home and community services not able to encompass the necessities associated with the increased number of older people. In particular, there are increasing demands ...
JAMDA
October 26, 2020
Evaluating the Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Long-Term Care Residents’ Mental Health: A Data-Driven Approach in New Brunswick
Long-term care (LTC) residents, isolated because of the COVID-19 pandemic, are at increased risk for negative mental health outcomes. The purpose of our article is to demonstrate how the interRAI LTC facility (LTCF) assessment can inform clinical care and evaluate the effect of strategies to mitigate worse...
JAMDA
February 18, 2022
Guidance to (Re)integrate Caregivers as Essential Care Partners Into the LTC Setting: A Rapid Review
This rapid review aimed to identify the strategies used to (re)integrate essential caregivers (ECs) into the LTC setting, particularly pertaining to principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. In addition, this rapid review aimed to identify the strategies used during prior infectious disease threats, ...
JAMDA
January 2, 2022
Reimagining Nutrition Care and Mealtimes in Long-Term Care
Poor food and fluid intake and subsequent malnutrition and dehydration of residents are common, longstanding challenges in long-term care (LTC; eg, nursing homes, care homes, skilled nursing facilities). Institutional factors like inadequate nutrition care processes, food quality, eating assistance, and me...
JAMDA
November 7, 2023