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July 25, 2024
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Spotlight
July 24, 2024
An Exciting Time for Advocacy
Just because you’re a clinician doesn’t mean you can’t be a savvy advocate. In fact, the two roles often go hand in hand. On the most recent AMDA On-The-Hill podcast, Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD, chair of the Society’s Public Policy Steering Committee, talked about policy updates with host Alex Bardakh, MPP, ...
Podcast
July 23, 2024
JAMDA On-The-Go | July 2024
PALTmed In The News
July 22, 2024
Increasing RN staffing hours reduces injury-related ED visits by assisted living residents with dementia: study
A new study found that increasing staffing hours of registered nurses in assisted living communities led to a 53% decrease in injury-related emergency department visits by residents living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The findings were published recently in JAMDA–The Journal of Post-Acut...
PALTmed In The News
July 22, 2024
Study on Nursing Home Staff Types Shows Higher RN Presence Ups Antipsychotic Drug Use, Cuts Hospitalizations, ED Visits
The relationship between different nursing home staffing types and health outcomes is incredibly nuanced, and as operators grapple with optimizing the clinical workforce in the aftermath of the staffing mandate, researchers in the space say more study is needed to really understand the correlation between ...
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
Register for July 23 CMS Public Webinar – Overview of the 2025 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a public webinar— Overview of the 2025 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program—on Tuesday, July 23, at 1:00 PM ET to provide an overview of proposed policies for the 2024 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP).
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 PALTmed’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 pr...
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...
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