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04/27/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | April 27
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- CDC: Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics
- Dr. Swati Gaur discusses the Infection Advisory Committee's work on COVID-19
- CDC: Updated Information on Availability and Use of Treatments for Outpatients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Who are at Increased Risk for Severe Outcomes of COVID-19
- US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- CMS: Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership
Journal Articles/Preprints
- Whom to Treat for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: The Aspirin Dilemma
- Effect of common maintenance drugs on the risk and severity of COVID-19 in elderly patients
Research Reports/White Papers
- AHCA/NCAL report: Nursing Home Closures: By the Numbers
- States Hardest Hit by Long-Term Care Staffing Shortage
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY: CDC EPIC Webinar: Show me the data! What numbers mean to COVID-19 communications. Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
- TODAY: CMS/CDC National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call, Wednesday April 27, 3:00 PM ET
- TOMORROW: More of a Good Thing: A Framework to Grow and Strengthen the PALTC Workforce, April 28, 2022, 4:00 PM ET
- Highlights from Last Week's COVID-19 Grand Rounds
- From COVID-19 Grand Rounds: Interactions with Essential Medicines & Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (NMV/r)
- From COVID-19 Grand Rounds: Second Booster Vaccine and COVID-19 Mortality in Adults 60 to 100 Years Old
- CDC COCA: Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cognitive Symptoms Following COVID, May 5, 2022, 2:00 PM ET
News/News Analysis
- Immigration necessary to build caregiving infrastructure: experts
- CMS stresses it wants more stakeholder views on nursing homes staffing shortages
- CDC launches disease forecasting center to warn public of health threats
- CDC advisers discuss future of COVID-19 booster shots
- Closures, Consolidation, Sales: Skilled Nursing Ownership Goes Through Shakeup