Policy Snapshot
December 2, 2025
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JAMDA
October 17, 2023
Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Long-Term Care by Dementia Status and Residential Setting among US Older Adults
To examine long-term care out-of-pocket payments by dementia status and residential setting.
JAMDA
October 26, 2023
Association of Personal Wealth Indicators and Health Care Costs in Persons With Alzheimer's Disease
There is paucity of studies on the relationship between personal wealth and health care costs among persons with dementia, and earlier studies on other indicators of socioeconomic position have assessed costs after dementia diagnosis only. We investigated how different indicators of personal wealth (dispos...
JAMDA
December 23, 2021
High-Quality Nursing Home and Palliative Care—One and the Same
Many individuals receiving post-acute and long-term care services in nursing homes have unmet palliative and end-of-life care needs. Hospice has been the predominant approach to meeting these needs, although hospice services generally are available only to long-term care residents with a limited prognosis ...
Spotlight
April 18, 2024
Volunteerism Is Second Nature for New AMDA Vice President
Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, was in the throes of helping to plan the Colorado Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (CMDA) Annual Conference as she jumped into her role as AMDA’s 2024-2025 vice president. This may sound overwhelming, but not for her. She was raised to be a volunteer leader. “I saw m...
Policy Snapshot
August 26, 2024
PALTmed Comments on the Home Health Proposed Rule LTC Reporting Requirements
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) proposed rule.
JAMDA
July 23, 2025
Use of Paid Family Care in the Community: National Trends Among Older Adults With Functional Impairment, 2011–2022
Paying family caregivers (eg, children, friends) is an innovative approach to support older adults in the community and ease direct care workforce shortages. Yet, data about the receipt of paid family care are lacking. In this study, we used a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries to (...
JAMDA
March 26, 2021
Addressing Systemic Racism in Nursing Homes: A Time for Action
Long-term services and supports for older persons in the United States are provided in a complex, racially segregated system, with striking racial disparities in access, process, and outcomes of care for residents, which have been magnified during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. These disparities ar...
Policy Snapshot
February 2, 2024
Visit the eCQM Issue Tracker to Review Draft Measure Packages for 2025 Reporting/Performance Periods
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites vendors and interested parties to review and provide feedback on draft electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications that include logic and header changes for eCQMs under consideration for CMS quality reporting and payment programs....
JAMDA
February 19, 2021
Appropriateness of Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Transfer: A Multicenter Study of Medicare ACO Beneficiaries
There is wide variation in long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use nationwide, the most intensive and expensive post-acute care setting, although appropriateness of use is uncertain. Therefore, we examined the appropriateness and reasons for transfer in a high-use region, and how Medicare criteria for LT...
