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Policy Snapshot

March 16, 2026

Senate Hearing on Transforming Health Care with Data: Improving Patient Outcomes Through Next-Generation Care

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing focused on how health data and health information technology can be used to improve patient outcomes and modernize the U.S. health-care system.

Policy Snapshot

March 16, 2026

HRSA Introduces the Health Workforce Explorer Dashboard

The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) introduced a new data dashboard. The Health Workforce Explorer is an interactive dashboard that provides a snapshot of the U.S. health workforce across 40 occupations.

Policy Snapshot

March 16, 2026

Senate Holds Hearing on AI Use in Health Care

Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Less Hype, More Help: AI That Improves Safety, Productivity, and Care artificial intelligence

Policy Snapshot

March 16, 2026

PALTmed Leads Coalition Effort to Overturn SNF Services Payment Reduction

PALTmed recently led a coalition of organizations in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reverse reductions to practice expense (PE) payments for services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The cuts reduce payment for clinicians caring for patients in SNFs, despite ...

Policy Snapshot

March 9, 2026

PALTmed Joins LTPAC Health IT Collaborative Letter on Federal Health IT Policy

As a member of the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative, PALTmed recently joined a coalition letter responding to the proposed federal rule Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions to Unleash Prosperity (HTI-5) from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information ...

Spotlight

March 9, 2026

Levenson Lecture Will Focus on "The New Era in Medical Direction”

This year’s Steven Levenson Lectureship in Medical Direction—entitled The New Era in Medical Direction: Facing the Crisis of Confluence—is being delivered at PALTC26 later this month by Thomas Lawrence, MD, CMD.

JAMDA

March 4, 2026