JAMDA
February 1, 2025
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PALTmed In The News
January 31, 2025
Urinary incontinence significantly increases probability of assisted living residents transferring to nursing homes: study
In the first national study of urinary incontinence among assisted living residents, New York researchers found that the condition significantly increased the probability of those residents being moved to a nursing home. The study was published in JAMDA.
PALTmed In The News
January 31, 2025
Geriatricians deliver dedicated care but remain absent from most nursing homes: JAMDA
Remarkably few nursing homes patients see geriatricians, even though they’re among the physicians most likely to spend the majority of their workday in long-term care facilities, a new study found. Across more than 14,000 physicians treating Medicare patients in nursing homes, geriatricians managed just 4%...
Podcast
January 31, 2025
PALTtalk with Alex Bardakh | Health Information Technology in PALTC
Spotlight
January 31, 2025
Exploring the Intersection of Art and Medicine at PALTC25
Sujal Manohar is a medical student with a passion for the arts. As a neuroscience and visual arts graduate of Duke University, she doesn’t view these fields as distinct. Instead, she lives and thrives at their intersection. She invites PALTC25 attendees to join her at that intersection next month during Fr...
JAMDA
January 28, 2025
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity at any Dose Reduces All-Cause Dementia Risk Regardless of Frailty Status
Reaching the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendations of 150 min/wk is difficult for older adults, particularly among those living with frailty and its associated risk of dementia. We examined the dose-response relationship between MVPA and dementia risk among at-risk persons living wi...
Podcast
January 27, 2025
PALTtalk with JAMDA | January 2025
Policy Snapshot
January 27, 2025
PALTmed Urges CMS to Revise 2026 MIPS Value Pathways for Improved Patient Care
Last week, the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), along with a coalition of medical organizations led by the American Medical Association (AMA), sent a letter to Jeff Wu, the acting administrator of CMS. The letter addresses concerns and recommendations regarding the 2026 proposed...
Policy Snapshot
January 27, 2025
CMS Delays Telehealth Guidance Amid Communication Freeze
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has not yet released temporary guidance to private Medicare administrators (MACs) for updating payment codes to bill for telehealth services extended through March under the 2024 year-end package. This delay has caused confusion among stakeholders, who...
JAMDA
January 27, 2025
Medication Use in People Aged 90 Years and Older: A Nationwide Study
We aimed to describe the medications prescribed to people aged ≥90 years.