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04/13/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | April 13
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- CMS: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
- CMS: Update to COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Specific Providers
- NIH: Therapeutic Management of Nonhospitalized Adults With COVID-19
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Nursing home workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in France
- JAMDA: Changing dynamics of COVID-19 deaths during the SARS-CoV2 B.1.617.2 (Delta variant) outbreak in England and Wales: Reduced COVID-19 deaths among the Care Home residents
- MMWR: COVID-19 Mortality and Vaccine Coverage — Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, January 6, 2022–March 21, 2022
Research Reports/White Papers
- NASEM Report: Wide-Ranging, Systemic Changes Needed to Transform Nursing Homes to Meet Needs of Residents, Families, and Staff
- Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing in Long Term Care Facilities Increased in the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Podcasts/Webinars
- Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care: An Evidence-Based Solution, April 20, 2022, 7:00 PM ET
- COVID Grand Rounds: To Boost Again or Not?, April 21, 2022, 6:00 PM ET
- NASEM Report Release Webinar: The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality (recorded)
News/News Analysis
- CMS’s Proposed $320M Decrease in Nursing Home Medicare Funding Could Be ‘Ruinous’ for Struggling Operators
- UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE
- COVID-19 Tied to High Risk of Thrombotic Events
- CMS restricts coverage of Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to clinical trials
- Long-term care operators devise creative solutions to staffing shortages: NIC
- US likely to see a surge of Covid-19 in the fall, Fauci says
- Pill version of IV antibiotic attacks superbug behind stubborn UTIs
- CMS pushes for mandatory flu vax monitoring among nursing home staff
- Nursing home pay rule reveals CMS strategy on minimum staffing