03/02/2022

AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | March 2

COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update

Headlines:

New/Updated Guidance

• AMDA Statement on Safe, Equitable, and Timely Distribution of COVID-19 Therapeutics for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
• CDC: COVID-19 Community Levels - A measure of the impact of COVID-19 illness on health and healthcare systems
• NIH: Antiviral Drugs That Are Approved, Authorized, or Under Evaluation for the Treatment of COVID-19
• AHRQ Offers New Vaccination Tracking and Reporting Tools for Nursing Homes

Journal Articles/Preprints

• JAMDA: Multimorbidity Patterns and 5-year Mortality in Institutionalized Older Adults
• JAMDA: Telemedicine for Older Adult Nursing Home Residents to Avoid Emergency Department Visits: The Experience of the NHTeleED Project in Maryland
• JAMDA: Risk Prediction Model for 6-Month Mortality for Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Advancing Clinical Trials in Nursing Homes: A Proposed Roadmap to Success
• Addressing Vulnerability and Dementia in the Era of COVID-19

Podcasts/Webinars

• TODAY: Let's Talk About the CNA Staffing Crisis, March 2, 12:00 PM ET

News/News Analysis

• Providers happy nursing homes are among White House’s top priorities but disheartened at approach
• New studies bring BA.2 variant into sharper focus
• FDA Scales Back Sotrovimab Use for High-Risk COVID — Treatment no longer authorized for use in areas with high prevalence of BA.2
• Providers seek more as CDC eases masking guidelines for most Americans
• CMS wallops nursing homes with planned staffing requirements and increased penalties
• Biden Administration Fact Sheet on Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes
• ‘Stop Blaming Nursing Homes’: Biden’s Proposed Reforms Garner Mixed Reactions
• Biden to vow nursing home crackdown as part of State of the Union
• Extended survey delays threaten providers
• Florida extends COVID-19 lawsuit protections for assisted living providers

 

AMDA's COVID19 Resources Page