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March 2, 2026
FY 2027 SNF VBP Program March 2026 Quarterly Reports Are Now Available
The March 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).
Policy Snapshot
August 3, 2026
FY2027 SNF PPS Final Rule Released
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the FY2027 SNF PPS final rule last week, effective October 1, 2026. Here is what was finalized. Both the Healthcare Personnel and resident COVID-19 vaccination measures were removed from the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) beginning in FY2...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
Gaining Control Over Fecal Incontinence
Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2017
Gains in Nursing Home IT Sophistication Greater Than Expected
JAMDA
May 18, 2016
Gait Performance in Hypertensive Patients on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
To examine the relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) use and gait performance in older adults.
JAMDA
December 31, 2016
Gait Performance Trajectories and Incident Disabling Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese
Initial gait speed is a good predictor of dementia in later life. This prospective study used repeated measures analysis to identify potential gait performance trajectory patterns and to determine whether gait performance trajectory patterns were associated with incident disabling dementia among community-...
JAMDA
January 6, 2016
Gait Speed and the Natural Course of Depressive Symptoms in Late Life; An Independent Association With Chronicity?
Psychomotor slowing is a core feature of depression in late life, but its prognostic value with respect to course and chronicity is unclear. We investigated whether gait speed can predict chronicity of depressive symptoms. Furthermore, we tested whether (1) cognitive slowing and (risk factors for) vascular...
JAMDA
July 6, 2018
Gait Speed Assessment in Older Adults: A Comparison Among Walk Tests, a Portable Gait Analysis Device and Self-Report
Caring for the Ages
April 28, 2016
Gait Speed Hones Risk Stratification of Elderly HF Patients
