Under the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, reductions in healthcare spending have been achieved by targeting post-acute care, particularly in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). People with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) are frequently discharged to SNF for post-acute care and may ...
To compare the accumulation of hospital days, a proposed proxy for overall drug safety, between antipsychotic initiators and noninitiators with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Dental neglect and high levels of unmet dental needs are becoming increasingly prevalent among elderly residents of long-term care facilities, although frail, elderly, and dependent populations are the most in need of professional dental care. Little is known about the validity of teledentistry for diagnos...
The aim of this systematic review was to assess the diagnostic test accuracy of muscle ultrasound for identifying older patients with sarcopenia and to investigate its association with frailty.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has released its third annual evaluation report for the ACO REACH Model, along with early results from performance year 2024, showing the model improved health-care quality and reduced gross spending across its first four performance y...
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of physicians, other health care providers, and facility providers (e.g. hospitals) who come together voluntarily to provide coordinated high-quality care to the patients they serve who are on Medicare. This coordinated care helps ensure that patients, espec...