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JAMDA

April 9, 2025

Care Needs and Self-Sufficiency Assessment of Home Care Clients

Assessing the changing care needs of home care clients is challenging due to the increasing multimorbidity and heterogeneity of geriatric syndromes, including frailty, functional decline, and cognitive impairment. We described the correlation between subjective judgment of changes in self-sufficiency and m...
Policy Snapshot

April 4, 2025

PALTmed Supports the CONNECT for Health Act, Expanding Telehealth Access

PALTmed supports the bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261), which was recently reintroduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS). Companion legislation has also been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ),...
Policy Snapshot

April 4, 2025

Senators Call for New Investigation into Assisted Living Facility Oversight

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a new investigation into the quality of care at assisted living facilities and the effectiveness of state Medicaid oversight. This follows a 2018 GAO report that f...
Policy Snapshot

April 4, 2025

Dr. Oz Confirmed as CMS Administrator

Dr. Mehmet Oz has been confirmed as the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In this role, Dr. Oz will oversee Medicare and Medicaid programs, which are key to providing health-care services for millions of Americans, particularly in post-acute and long-term care set...
Policy Snapshot

April 4, 2025

LCAO Urges Protection of Services for Older Adults Amid HHS Restructurings

The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO), representing 68 nonprofit groups, including PALTmed, has raised concerns about potential impacts on services for older adults as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) restructures. In a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the LCAO...