JAMDA
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Policy Snapshot
January 27, 2023
AMDA Resource for Updated PALTC Billing and Coding
The CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final finalized significant changes to E/M coding, including the nursing facility family of codes.
JAMDA
January 23, 2017
Pneumococcal Vaccination Guidance for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings: Recommendations From AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee
Efforts at preventing pneumococcal disease are a national health priority, particularly in older adults and especially in post-acute and long-term care settings The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that all adults ≥65 years of age, as well as adults 18–64 years of age with specific r...
JAMDA
January 24, 2022
Relationships Between Community Virus Activity and Cardiorespiratory Rehospitalizations From Post-Acute Care
Quantify the relationship between increasing influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) community viral activity and cardiorespiratory rehospitalizations among older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
JAMDA
September 27, 2017
Impact of Contextual Factors on Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers II Implementation and Hospital Readmission Rates
Identify contextual and implementation factors impacting the effectiveness of an organizational-level intervention to reduce preventable hospital readmissions from affiliated skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
JAMDA
August 11, 2018
An Analysis of Falls and Those who Fall in a Chronic Care Facility
Falls in hospitals lead to adverse patient outcomes and prevention of falls is of upmost importance. Little is known about fall and injury rates in chronic care facilities, which are similar to skilled nursing facilities in the United States. Current fall risk tools in this setting are not well studied. En...
JAMDA
July 1, 2023
The 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule in Post-Acute Long-Term Care
Included as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the information blocking rule entered the first compliance phase in April 2021. Under this rule, post-acute long-term care (PALTC) facilities must not engage in any activity that interferes with accessing, using, or exchanging electronic health information. I...
JAMDA
October 10, 2023
An Interdisciplinary Videoconference to Improve Transitions of Care and Reduce Readmission, Cost, and Post-Acute Length of Stay in a Teaching and Community Hospital
Coordination of care across health care settings is needed to ensure safe patient transfers. We examined the effects of the ECHO-Care Transitions program (ECHO-CT) on readmissions, skilled nursing facility (SNF) length of stay (LOS), and costs.
JAMDA
August 26, 2016
PEG and Thickeners: A Critical Interaction Between Polyethylene Glycol Laxative and Starch-Based Thickeners
Clinicians commonly encounter dysphagia and constipation in a skilled nursing population. Increasing the viscosity of liquids, usually with a starch- or xanthan gum-based thickener, serves as a key intervention for patients with dysphagia. We report a newly identified and potentially dangerous interaction ...
JAMDA
January 6, 2024