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Policy Snapshot
June 23, 2025
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Policy Snapshot
June 23, 2025
OIG Launches Evaluation of Nursing Home Medical Directors
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently launched an official evaluation into how nursing homes engage their medical directors. The evaluation will focus on the accuracy of reported work hours and the fulfillment of required duties. The initiative follows concerns about the validity and utility of da...
PALTmed In The News
June 20, 2025
10 minutes a day of personalized engagement improves quality of life for residents with dementia, study finds
Just 10 minutes of personalized engagement a day can have a profound positive effect on people living with dementia, according to the results of a new study that included a pilot of the program by a senior living and care provider. The results were published in the August 2025 issue of JAMDA, the Journal o...
PALTmed In The News
June 20, 2025
Medical society urges CMS to give post-acute care interoperable health IT tools
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) recently urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop and fund initiatives giving post-acute care settings interoperable health information technology (IT) tools.
PALTmed In The News
June 17, 2025
SNF medical directors cautiously optimistic about fed plans to examine their work
The Office of Inspector General has announced it will take a magnifying glass to how nursing homes employ and pay medical directors, as well as keep track of the work performed. The added scrutiny — and attempts to ensure greater transparency — is something post-acute care physicians say they welcome, as ...
Policy Snapshot
June 16, 2025
Preview Your CMS QPP Performance Information
CMS opened the Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. This gives clinicians and groups the ability to review their 2023 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information before it’s publicly reported on the profile pages of clinicians and groups on the Medicare.gov compare tool...
Policy Snapshot
June 16, 2025
OIG Report Finds CMS Staffing Data Use Falls Short in Supporting State Oversight of Nursing Homes
A recent review by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) highlights gaps in how CMS supports state oversight of nursing home staffing. While CMS has provided new data tools to help states monitor staffing levels, including the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) system, the report finds that crucial information is...
Policy Snapshot
June 16, 2025
PALTmed Urges CMS to Prioritize Post-Acute and Long-Term Care in EHR Interoperability Strategy
PALTmed has written a response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on the Health Technology Ecosystem, advocating for inclusion of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) clinical and facility providers in federal health IT modernization efforts. PALTmed emphasiz...
JAMDA
June 11, 2025
Association of Shorter Secondary One-Leg Standing Time with Loss of Independence or Death in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the Aizu Cohort Study (LOHAS)
Although a previous report indicated that the primary one-leg standing time (OLST), defined as the longer OLST of both legs, is associated with death, the association between secondary OLSTs (the shorter OLSTs) and death remains unclear. This study investigated the association between secondary OLSTs and t...
JAMDA
June 10, 2025