Policy Snapshot
June 30, 2023
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Policy Snapshot
January 13, 2023
Nursing Home Disclosure Act Reintroduced in 118th Congress
Last week, as their first legislative introduction for the new Congress, Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced the Nursing Home Disclosure Act (H. R. 177), bipartisan legislation to improve public disclosure of nursing home medical directors.
JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Trends in Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Prescribing in Long-Term Care in the U.S.: 2011–2014
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes focuses on but is not limited to long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia; the potential impact on residents with other diagnoses is unclear. We sought to determine whether resident subpopulat...
JAMDA
June 1, 2014
An Educational Intervention on Drug Use in Nursing Homes Improves Health Outcomes Resource Utilization and Reduces Inappropriate Drug Prescription
Inappropriate drug prescription is a common problem in people living in nursing homes and is linked to adverse health outcomes. This study assessed the effect of an educational intervention directed to nursing home physicians in reducing inappropriate prescription and improving health outcomes and resource...
Policy Snapshot
January 15, 2025
CMS Launches Nursing Home Staffing Campaign
Providing safe, quality care in nursing homes is a top priority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Nursing home workers play a vital role in supporting residents with essential daily tasks, such as bathing, dressing, mobility, and eating. They also ensure medications are taken, and ...
JAMDA
September 26, 2024
Reduction of Rehospitalization with Addition of Geriatrics/Transitions of Care Consult Service
Older adults are at high risk of rehospitalization after an acute event and at even higher risk of permanently losing an activity of daily living with each hospitalization. This is especially true in those with encephalopathy, delirium, dementia, falls, and failure to thrive. Although it is widely known th...
JAMDA
July 10, 2020
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Post-Acute Care: Implications for Service Delivery and 30-Day Hospital Readmission
Examine whether the introduction of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) is associated with changes in post-acute care (PAC) use and 30-day readmission.
Policy Snapshot
July 29, 2022
CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing and Turnover Data
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System, which integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators.
JAMDA
August 21, 2020
Nurse Decision-making for Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Homes: Potential Targets to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse
To determine what information is most important to registered nurses' (RNs) decisions to call clinicians about suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home residents.
JAMDA
September 20, 2021