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JAMDA

October 25, 2025

Comparing Post-Acute Care Outcomes Between Home Health Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Scoping Review

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health care (HHC) are 2 primary settings for post-acute care (PAC). There is growing interest in shifting care from SNFs to lower-cost home-based care, which may also be preferred by patients and families due to a more patient-centered approach.

JAMDA

September 18, 2014

Pain, Delirium, and Physical Function in Skilled Nursing Home Patients With Dementia

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are major sites of postacute care for patients with dementia. A recent Office of the Inspector General report indicated that outcomes in SNFs are suboptimal because of poor-quality treatment, including the failure to provide needed care. Pain is frequently unrecognized and...

JAMDA

December 23, 2015

A Pilot Health Information Technology–Based Effort to Increase the Quality of Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facility to Home: Compelling Evidence of High Rate of Adverse Outcomes

Older adults are often transferred from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for post-acute care. Patients may be at risk for adverse outcomes after SNF discharges, but little research has focused on this period.

JAMDA

October 30, 2019

Quality Indicators as Predictors of Future Inspection Performance in Ontario Nursing Homes

There are several mechanisms for monitoring the quality of care in long-term care (LTC), including the use of quality indicators derived from resident assessments and formal inspections. The LTC inspection process is time and resource-intensive, and there may be opportunities to better target inspections. ...

JAMDA

July 28, 2020

Challenges in Tracking and Reporting Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care

The contemporary long-term care provider and interdisciplinary team are well aware of the recent focus on antibiotic use in their settings. Regulatory changes implemented by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beginning in 2016 have required long-term care settings to look at antibiotic use in a mor...

JAMDA

February 7, 2025

Adherence to Guideline Recommendations on Psychotropic Drug Use for Challenging Behavior in Dementia

Psychotropic drugs are frequently prescribed for challenging behavior in residents with dementia in nursing homes. Recommendations on psychotropic drug use for challenging behavior are described in the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline “Problem behavior in dementia.” This study aimed to gain insight into t...

Policy Snapshot

November 18, 2024

Highlights from the 2024 AMA Interim House of Delegates Meeting

The 2024 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates covered critical issues affecting the U.S. health-care system. Among the most pressing topics was Medicare physician payment, which remains the AMA's top advocacy priority. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...

Resolutions

March 19, 2016

I16 - Support the End of the Meaningful Use Program by CMS

Resolutions

March 1, 2006

B06 - White House Conference on Aging

Policy Snapshot

May 26, 2025

House Passes Budget Bill with Implications for Medicare and Medicaid

On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (H.R. 1), a comprehensive budget reconciliation measure that includes significant fiscal and policy changes. The bill, passed by a 215–214–1 vote, aims to extend tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...