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Policy Snapshot

July 19, 2024

SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the October 2024 refresh.
Policy Snapshot

July 19, 2024

Information Blocking Disincentives Regulation Finalized

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a Final Rule in late June implementing disincentives for physicians and other health-care providers participating in specific Medicare programs that the Departm...
Spotlight

July 18, 2024

Enjoy Hot Topics with the Summer Encore Series

Summer is a time of vacations and weekend adventures. Thanks to AMDA’s Summer Encore Series, it is also a time of learning. This special virtual program offers insights from three of the most acclaimed sessions from PALTC24, including a deeper dive into the issues and opportunities to engage with the prese...
PALTmed In The News

July 18, 2024

JAMDA Highlights--Meet Adam: A robotic senior companion made to need less human help

Since human-facilitated robot activity is often impractical in resource-constrained nursing facilities, the authors of a new study in the July issue of JAMDA developed and implemented a novel robot control logic they termed the “Adam Program.” It acts as the brains for a programmable human-like robot produ...
Policy Snapshot

July 11, 2024

CMS Releases CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare physician payment schedule. Key issues include the CY 2025 Conversion Factor, Telehealth Services, Advanced Primary Care Management Services (APCM), and Electronic Prescribing for Controlled ...
PALTmed In The News

July 11, 2024

Standing up for PALTC specialists

Nursing home medical directors, by federal regulation (Section 483.70 (h)), are responsible for coordinating the medical care of highly complex individuals who reside in these facilities. This critical role requires competencies in post-acute and long-term care medicine, expertise in geriatrics, and an und...

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