In its proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has signaled it wants to close the pay differential between place of service 31 and 32 by equalizing practice expense payment for nursing facility visits, regardless of whether a resident's sta...
At PALTC26, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine had the honor and privilege of recognizing Thomas Lawrence, MD, CMD, as the 2026 Steven Levinson Lecturer. The Foundation has the important role of selecting and rewarding exemplary leaders, medical directors, clinicians, and contributo...
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in the World Health Organization's (WHO) governance structures, raising significant concerns about its capacity to manage global public health crises. Governance challenges, including delayed responses, inadequate international coordination, and c...
Older adults have the highest rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI)–related hospitalizations and deaths. Cognitive impairment is an acute consequence of TBI and may limit participation in rehabilitation. Older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) after TBI may be particularly vulnerable t...
There is increasing recognition that a broader array of biological changes may contribute to the clinical expression of cognitive decline. As such, an emerging and often overlooked consideration in dementia is apathy, gait dysfunction, motoric-cognitive risk syndrome, and their interplay. Broadly, apathy, ...
The Medicare telehealth expansion increased telehealth use, but the utilization patterns of audio-only telehealth remain unclear among those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs). We aimed to describe 2020 to 2022 trends in audio-only telehealth utilization and provider specialty and ...
This scoping review aimed to map the available evidence on digital predictive technologies for fall risk assessment, prediction, and prevention support among older adults in long-term care settings.
Feasible assessments of hospitalized patients' mobility are essential to support the promotion of mobility. We investigated the construct validity of the Life-Space Assessment in Institutionalized Settings (LSA-IS) and direct observation toward the goal of including patients who are often excluded fro...