Spotlight
November 20, 2024
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Policy Snapshot
November 18, 2024
Highlights from the 2024 AMA Interim House of Delegates Meeting
The 2024 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates covered critical issues affecting the U.S. health-care system. Among the most pressing topics was Medicare physician payment, which remains the AMA's top advocacy priority. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...
Policy Snapshot
November 18, 2024
CMS Releases New National Quality Strategy Fact Sheets
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Advancing Health Care Safety for All: CMS’ Path to Promote Zero Preventable Harm Fact Sheet and updated the National Quality Strategy Cross-Cutting Initiative Fact Sheet.
Policy Snapshot
November 18, 2024
Skilled Nursing Facilities Revalidation Due Date Extended to May 1, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revalidating skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) enrolled in Medicare as part of a comprehensive effort to collect updated data on ownership, managerial structures, and related parties. This revalidation process will take place from October to Decembe...
Spotlight
November 15, 2024
Top Five Reasons to Register for PALTC25
You may be thinking about the holidays, but PALTC25 will be here before you know it. Now is the time to make plans to attend the premier post-acute and long-term care medicine conference. While there are dozens of reasons to come to Charlotte, NC, March 13-15, read about the top five.
Podcast
November 14, 2024
Easing Transitions of Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Policy Snapshot
November 12, 2024
2024 and Beyond: What to Expect from the New 119th Congress for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Clinicians
With the 2024 election now behind us, PALTmed is poised to monitor several key issues in the coming months as the new Congress takes shape. The Senate has shifted to a Republican majority, currently standing at 53-47. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives remains undecided but likely to remain the same, ...
Spotlight
November 8, 2024
Leading the Way Through Respiratory Virus Season
It’s the time of year that facilities are seeing residents, staff, and others with respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In a recent special PALTtalk podcast, host Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Communicable Diseases Surveillance an...
Policy Snapshot
November 8, 2024
CMS Implements New Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS), which includes updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for Home Health Agencies (HHAs). Among the key changes, CMS is finalizing a new dat...
Podcast
November 7, 2024
