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Policy Snapshot

January 15, 2025

CMS Launches Nursing Home Staffing Campaign

Providing safe, quality care in nursing homes is a top priority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Nursing home workers play a vital role in supporting residents with essential daily tasks, such as bathing, dressing, mobility, and eating. They also ensure medications are taken, and ...
Policy Snapshot

January 13, 2025

CMS Reminds Clinicians to Use Correct Place of Service Codes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a reminder to clinicians about the importance of using the correct Place of Service (POS) codes on Medicare claims. These codes are crucial for ensuring proper payment for services provided to patients in various inpatient facilities, such a...
Spotlight

January 10, 2025

Tackling the Compassion Crisis: PALTC25 Keynoter Brings Science to Solutions

PALTC25 Keynoter Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, Edward D. Viner Endowed Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Health Care, professor and chair of medicine at Cooper Medical School, and author of Wonder Drug and Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference, says, “We h...
Policy Snapshot

January 6, 2025

2024 QPP Data Submission is Now Open

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened data submission for the 2024 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Data can be submitted and updated until 8:00 PM ET on March 31, 2025.
Policy Snapshot

January 6, 2025

Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities in 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a memorandum (QSO-25-11-NH) outlining new reporting requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities. Effective January 1, 2025, LTC facilities must electronically report data on COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV...