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Email: emullally@paltmed.org
JAMDA
April 4, 2025
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JAMDA
April 3, 2025
Commentary on Rapid Molecular Testing for Urinary Tract Infections: A Diagnostic Stewardship Perspective
JAMDA
April 3, 2025
New COVID-19 Vaccine Cost and Access Barriers Add Challenges to Immunizing Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Staff
PALTmed In The News
April 3, 2025
Aging services coalition expresses concerns about reorganization to HHS secretary
In the wake of the Department of Health and Human Services announcing a “dramatic restructuring” of the agency, reassurances that the changes will not affect critical services are anything but reassuring to groups that provide services to older adults.
JAMDA
April 2, 2025
End-of-Life Acute Care Use and Pain-Related Outcomes in Chinese-speaking Residents in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes
Patients from ethnically minoritized communities often face disparities in health care due to language and cultural barriers. This study aimed to compare health care use and end-of-life outcomes between Chinese-speaking residents living in language-concordant and language-discordant long-term care (LTC) ho...
JAMDA
March 31, 2025
Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome Improves Agitation and Sleep in Persons with Dementia: A Randomized Trial
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common, treatable, sensorimotor disorder of nighttime uncomfortable leg sensations that interfere with sleep, may prompt nighttime agitation in persons with dementia.
Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2025
CMS Issues Guidance on Improving Payment Accuracy for Physician Services in SNFs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new MLN Matters aimed at enhancing payment accuracy for physician services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Effective July 1, 2025, these measures will address common misclassifications of Place of Service (POS) codes that ...
Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2025
PALTmed Submits Statement for House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Hearing on Post-Acute Care
In written comments to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Hearing, After the Hospital: Ensuring Access to Quality Post-Acute Care, PALTmed President Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, highlighted key challenges in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). These include workforce shortages, o...
News Release
March 31, 2025
PALTmed Announces 2025-2026 Board of Directors
Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) has elected its 2025-2026 Board of Directors. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, is president; Leslie Beth Eber, MD, CMD, is president-elect; and Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, is vice president.
Spotlight
March 31, 2025