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September 13, 2024

Review Your 2023 MIPS Final Scores

In case you missed the announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), please be aware that CMS released the Final 2023 MIPS Scores/2025 MIPS Payment Adjustments in mid-August. If you believe there is an error , please request a targeted review up until October 11, 2024, at 8:00 P...

Caring for the Ages

March 2, 2015

Review: Don't Spare the Calories, Especially Protein

Caring for the Ages

January 27, 2016

Review: Medicare Opioid Prescriptions Are the Work of Many Physicians

Caring for the Ages

May 31, 2018

Review: Scant Research Into Frailty in Post-Acute Care

Caring for the Ages

March 2, 2015

Reviewers Smooth the Rocky Road to Quality Care

Caring for the Ages

June 8, 2024

Reviewing Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Medications: What to Know in the Nursing Home Setting

JAMDA

April 27, 2023

Revisiting Benzodiazepine Use for Dental Procedures in Nursing Home Residents

Caring for the Ages

July 31, 2018

Revisiting Comfort Care

Caring for the Ages

November 23, 2015

Revived Alzheimer's Symptomatic Drug Set to Test as Donepezil Combo

JAMDA

May 30, 2023

Rising to the Occasion: A National Nursing Home Study Documenting Attempts to Address Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19–related policies introduced extraordinary social disruption in nursing homes. In response, nursing facilities implemented strategies to alleviate their residents’ loneliness. This study sought to describe interventions nursing homes used, document the perceived effectiveness of efforts, and determ...