QPP stands for Quality Payment Program, which is a new program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for billing based on quality measures and reaching benchmarks and facility performance.
6 more years? Good sleeping could hold off chronic illness
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2019
Seniors who don’t experience sleep disturbances could expect six years more of good health compared to those who report severe disturbances.
Study: Prioritize diagnosis for dysphagia
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2019
A group of researchers in Italy is calling management of dysphagia a priority issue for nursing homes after studying the swallowing disorder and its role in mortality.
60 Seconds with … ONR’s Scott Wilson
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 07, 2019
McKnight’s spends a minute with the chief operating officer of Orthopaedic and Neurological Rehabilitation, Inc.
Drug may stop sepsis deaths
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 07, 2019
An antidepressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder may save patients from sepsis, a University of Virginia School of Medicine professor has found.
Exercise may protect brains
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 07, 2019
A hormone called irisin, which is released into circulation during physical activity, may promote neuronal growth, which is critical for learning and memory.