JAMDA
February 3, 2025
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Policy Snapshot
February 3, 2025
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Preserve Patient Access to Accountable Care
Darin LaHood Neal Dunn Suzan DelBene Kim Schrier, MD Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act advanced alternative payment models APMs
Policy Snapshot
February 3, 2025
House Members Introduce Bill to Prevent Medicare Payment Cuts
On January 31, a bipartisan group of 10 House of Representatives members introduced legislation, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, aimed at halting the 2.83% Medicare payment cut to clinicians for this year. The bill also proposes a 2% payment increase to help stabilize medical pr...
JAMDA
February 1, 2025
Shared Decision-Making on Tobacco Smoking by Older Adults Living in Residential Care Facilities: Care Professionals’ Perspectives
Older adults with physical or cognitive disabilities may need to move to residential care facilities (RCFs). Some older adults smoke tobacco and become dependent on their care professionals to continue smoking. Care professionals need to balance an individual resident’s quality of life and well-being with ...
JAMDA
February 1, 2025
Interventions to Reduce Loneliness among Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Network Meta-analysis and Systematic Review
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in reducing loneliness among community-dwelling older adults.
JAMDA
February 1, 2025
Comparative Study of Frailty Assessment Measures in Predicting All-Cause Mortality: Insights From NHANES
The 3 most frequently utilized frailty assessment measures are the Fried criteria, FRAIL scale, and Frailty Index (FI). This study aimed to compare predictive capabilities of these 3 measures regarding all-cause mortality in the United States and to identify the key predictive variables.
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...
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