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March 31, 2026

Make Your Voice Heard: Fix Practice Expense Cuts in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Contact the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding recent reductions to Practice Expense (PE) RVUs for services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (POS 31). These cuts create an artificial payment difference that does not reflect clinical reality. There is no meaningful difference in the cost of...
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March 20, 2026

2026 MIPS Annual Call for Quality and Cost Measures is Open

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages you to submit quality and cost measures for consideration for future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The MIPS Annual Call for Quality and Cost Measures process allows clinicians, professional associations, and medic...
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March 20, 2026

OIG Flags Inappropriate Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Homes

A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that some nursing homes inappropriately administered antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia, exposing them to serious health risks. Based on 40 focused inspections conducted by the Centers for Medi...
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March 16, 2026

HRSA Introduces the Health Workforce Explorer Dashboard

The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) introduced a new data dashboard. The Health Workforce Explorer is an interactive dashboard that provides a snapshot of the U.S. health workforce across 40 occupations.
Policy Snapshot

March 16, 2026

Senate Holds Hearing on AI Use in Health Care

Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Less Hype, More Help: AI That Improves Safety, Productivity, and Care artificial intelligence
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March 16, 2026

PALTmed Leads Coalition Effort to Overturn SNF Services Payment Reduction

PALTmed recently led a coalition of organizations in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reverse reductions to practice expense (PE) payments for services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The cuts reduce payment for clinicians caring for patients in SNFs, despite ...
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March 9, 2026

PALTmed Joins LTPAC Health IT Collaborative Letter on Federal Health IT Policy

As a member of the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative, PALTmed recently joined a coalition letter responding to the proposed federal rule Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions to Unleash Prosperity (HTI-5) from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information ...