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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
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