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October 21, 2024
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Policy Snapshot
October 18, 2024
House Majority Calls for Urgent Action on Medicare Payment Cut
A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives, consisting of 233 members, has signed a letter urging leadership to swiftly implement legislative solutions to prevent a 2.8% cut to Medicare payments set for January 1, 2025. The letter emphasizes the need for a payment update reflecting the actual pa...
Policy Snapshot
October 18, 2024
CMS Reporting of SNF Ownership and Management Sub-regulatory Guidance Released
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced recently that it will be revalidating enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from October–December 2024 to collect data on ownership, managerial (e.g. medical directors), and related party information. To aid in the collection of that inf...
Policy Snapshot
October 18, 2024
CMS Finalizes New Medicare Appeal Rights for Hospital Status Changes
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare Program: Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status rule. This final rule establishes an appeal process for Medicare beneficiaries admitted as hospital inpatients but later reclassified as outpatients receiving...
Podcast
October 16, 2024
PALTtalk with Alex Bardakh | October 2024, with Special Guest Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD
Policy Snapshot
October 11, 2024
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Policy Applied to MIPS-Eligible Clinicians Following Hurricanes Helene and Francine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra recently released a letter to health-care leaders and stakeholders on the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which can be found on the HHS website. In response to Hurricanes Helene and Francine, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se...
Podcast
October 11, 2024
PALTtalk with Caring | October Issue with Special Guest Melissa McClean on a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
Spotlight
October 10, 2024
From Awkward to Engaging: Toolkit Promotes Productive Conversations
Advance care planning is an essential part of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). However, conversations with patients and family members about a serious illness, palliative care, and hospice can be stressful, challenging, and awkward. The Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit was created to ease the stress...
Podcast
October 9, 2024
PALTtalk with JAMDA | September 2024
Policy Snapshot
October 7, 2024
