Increasing RN staffing hours reduces injury-related ED visits by assisted living residents with dementia:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2024
A new study found that increasing staffing hours of registered nurses in assisted living communities led to a 53% decrease in injury-related emergency department visits by residents living with Alzheimer’s...
Telehealth only partially offset decreased primary care visits during pandemic
Jul 23, 2024
The magnitude of those changes varied significantly by patient demographic characteristics.
Temperature extremes tied to higher rates of Missed primary care appointments
Jul 25, 2024
Increased rates of missed appointments were seen for temperatures 89 degrees F.
Aging into Medicare tied to higher drug costs for people with diabetes
Jul 17, 2024
Quarterly out-of-pocket costs increased by approximately $23, on average, after age 65.
State dementia oversight efforts must include representatives from entire long-term care continuum, experts...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2024
The potential creation of a permanent state division and advisory committee dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders has won praise from Pennsylvania’s senior living industry advocates,...
Hospice bill’s information reporting provision raises industry concerns
By
Adam Healy
Jul 17, 2024
A couple provisions in a landmark piece of hospice legislation are cause for concern among hospice stakeholders. Providers, however, generally believe that, if passed, the bill would modernize the Medicare...
New law calls for creation of ‘first-ever’ national plan, council to conquer Parkinson’s disease
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services will form a federal advisory council that will provide recommendations for making progress against Parkinson’s disease, as well as implement a national plan...
Lawmakers say CMS should ban Medicare Advantage’s use of AI to deny care
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider banning artificial intelligence from being used to deny Medicare Advantage coverage pending a “systematic review,” a group of 49 congressional...
Chemo tied to gut microbiome changes and associated cognitive decline
Jul 23, 2024
The findings were independent of chemotherapy-induced inflammation.
States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
