Caring for the Ages
July 30, 2025
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Caring for the Ages
July 30, 2025
Classic and Crusted Scabies: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis
Policy Snapshot
July 28, 2025
QPP Update: 2025 APM Snapshot Released, Delay in 2024 MIPS Scores
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Quality Payment Program (QPP) Participation Status Tool based on the first snapshot of Alternative Payment Model (APM) data. The first snapshot includes data from Medicare Part B claims with dates of service between January 1, 2025, and Mar...
Spotlight
July 28, 2025
Third Module of D2D Course Looks at Optimizing Antipsychotic Use
The first two modules in the Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) course—Design Your Deprescribing Intervention and Deprescribing Communication Techniques—have been extremely popular. Based on the initial reaction to the latest module, Optimizing Use of Antipsychotic Medications, PALTmed has another hit on its hands...
Clinical Alerts
July 22, 2025
A Need for a Time-Out: A Consensus Statement From the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) on the Use of Urine Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for Urinary Tract Infections
Identification and appropriate treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is challenging in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. Urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has emerged as a rapid diagnostic alternative to standard urine culture, gaining increasing adoption in nursing homes despite l...
Podcast
July 21, 2025
PALTtalk with JAMDA | July 2025
Policy Snapshot
July 21, 2025
CMS Extends SNF Revalidation Deadline to January 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the revalidation deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from August 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026. This extension gives SNFs additional time to update and submit their Medicare enrollment information, as part of CMS’ broader effort t...
PALTmed In The News
July 20, 2025
Huge percentage of hospital visits by sickest nursing home patients could be avoidable, study finds
Nearly 1 in 3 hospitalizations of severely impaired or terminally ill nursing home residents are potentially avoidable. Better diagnostic practices can significantly reduce that number, as well as the associated risks and costs. That's according to a study in the July issue of JAMDA.
Spotlight
July 18, 2025
Wanted: Educational Content for PALTmed Events
One of the keys to the success of PALTmed’s Annual Conference is its outstanding educational sessions. In previous years, that content was solicited through a Call for Papers. This year, however, the association is expanding its ask to a Call for Educational Content that will encompass not only the Annual ...
PALTmed In The News
July 18, 2025
Doctor pay rule signals new era for telemedicine, energizes alternative pay models
With the initial jolt of this administration’s first physician pay rule proposal wearing off, long-term care doctors are getting ready to enter a new era of oversight.