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Spotlight

August 15, 2024

With Passion and Experience, New Board Member Fights the Good Fight

Even as a medical student, Monica Ott, MD, CMD, the newest state presidents council representative on the PALTmed Board of Directors, knew she wanted to work in geriatrics and long-term care. By the time she participated in the Futures Program, she was ready to dive into the field she loved, and it felt li...
Press Release

August 14, 2024

Introducing PALTmed, the Next Generation of AMDA

AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine is now the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed). The new name is representative of the organization’s diverse membership, which includes medical directors, attending physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assoc...
Spotlight

August 8, 2024

Ensure Your Words Make a Positive Difference

The words we use and how we use them can significantly impact the effectiveness of our interactions with others. In a recent podcast, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and guest Aya Caspi, a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, discussed how to speak and listen in ways that let...
PALTmed In The News

August 5, 2024

Long-term care docs warn why better oversight of diagnostic testing is needed

To test or not to test? It’s a question that often plagues healthcare professionals as they try to decide which diagnostic procedures are necessary for the treatment of their patients — and those which are not needed, or may even be harmful. There is no time to waste when it comes to getting better at diag...
Policy Snapshot

August 2, 2024

2025 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule Released

On July 31, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2025. CMS is publishing this final rule that ...
Policy Snapshot

August 2, 2024

Chevron Deference Decision (Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo)

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision overturning Chevron (Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo) will change the way agencies issue regulations and Congress considers legislation, including health-policy legislation, because courts no longer will defer to agencies’ statutory interpretation of ambiguous s...
Spotlight

August 1, 2024

Social Media Committee Seeks to Engage, Educate, Enliven, and Encourage

Shauna Assadzandi, MD, chair of AMDA’s Social Media Committee, has a vision of the future, and it includes engaging Society members and other stakeholders on social media and using various platforms to encourage and enable communication, education, information exchanges, and even some fun. “I love my AMDA ...