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March 26, 2025

Kinematic Insights Into Older Adult Fall-Related Head Impacts: Boundary Conditions and Injury Risk

To quantify real-world impact conditions of falls, which cause 50% to 90% of older adult traumatic brain injuries, and reconstruct them using dummy headforms to analyze kinematics and injury outcomes.

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April 29, 2022

Report Shows Long-Term Care Staffing Shortages By State

A recent report from the Seniorly Resource Center breaks down long-term care facility staffing shortages by state and notes that an average of about one-quarter of long-term care facilities have reported shortages in nursing staff so far in 2022, an increase from 16% in 2020.

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January 26, 2024

CMS Provides Additional Information on G2211 Code

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an MLN Matters Article on the new G2211 code. AMDA realizes that there have been questions about this code. In our communications, we understand that CMS is also developing an FAQ document. We continue to work closely with other specialty s...

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December 15, 2023

Billing for Flu, Pneumococcal, and COVID-19 Vaccines

For flu, pneumococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines furnished on or after July 1, 2023, to patients staying in a Medicare Part A-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF), immunizers can no longer bill Medicare directly.

JAMDA

October 22, 2020

Safe Interorganizational Health Information Exchange During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Accurate and timely transmission of medical records between skilled nursing facilities and acute care settings has been logistically problematic. Often people are sent to the hospital with a packet of paper records, which is easily misplaced. The COVID-19 pandemic has further magnified this problem by the ...

JAMDA

September 6, 2020

Three-Tiered COVID-19 Cohorting Strategy and Implications for Memory-Care

An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) can be devastating for residents and staff. Difficulty identifying asymptomatic and presymptomatic cases and lack of vaccination or treatment options make management challenging. We created, implemented, and now present a guide to rapidly deploy...

JAMDA

May 28, 2015

Are Staffing, Work Environment, Work Stressors, and Rationing of Care Related to Care Workers' Perception of Quality of Care? A Cross-Sectional Study

To describe care worker–reported quality of care and to examine its relationship with staffing variables, work environment, work stressors, and implicit rationing of nursing care.

JAMDA

September 18, 2014

Certified Nurse Aide Scope of Practice: State-by-State Differences in Allowable Delegated Activities

To gain a better understanding of the state-by-state differences in allowable delegated activities for Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) working in long-term care settings, this exploratory descriptive study assessed what are the allowable tasks for CNAs based on findings from each state board of nursing. Speci...

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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...