The 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee guidelines for hypertension management emphasize the upper limit of blood pressure (BP) as the target for treatment in the elderly population. Given the uncertainty regarding optimal BP range, we aimed to investigate the association between observed BP and subsequen...
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) escalates with advancing age. Although the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is the standard measure for assessing OSA severity, it does not account for additional oximetric parameters that may influence disease progression in older adults. This study aimed to evalu...
Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its OIG’s Top Unimplemented Recommendations: Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs annual report. This year’s report focused on the top 25 unimplemented recommendations that would most positively affect Department of Health an...
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report, Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Can Help Improve Care in Nursing Homes.
Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report, “Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes.” The OIG found that from 2011 through 2019, about 80 percent of Medicare's long-stay nursing home residents were prescribed a psychotropic drug.