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Policy Snapshot

June 7, 2024

Medicare Providers: Deadlines for Joining an Accountable Care Organization

To participate in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) for performance year 2025, work with an ACO to join their participant list. ACOs must submit their lists to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS by) August 1.

Caring for the Ages

April 6, 2026

Dehydration by Degrees: The Case for Targeted IV Hydration in Long-Term Care

Chronic subclinical hypohydration in SNF residents is real, measurable, and consequential — and the clinical and regulatory framework for addressing it already exists. This article is a response to Nursing Home Parenteral Therapies: Clinical Guidance and Payment Considerations in last month’s Caring for th...

Spotlight

July 18, 2025

Wanted: Educational Content for PALTmed Events

One of the keys to the success of PALTmed’s Annual Conference is its outstanding educational sessions. In previous years, that content was solicited through a Call for Papers. This year, however, the association is expanding its ask to a Call for Educational Content that will encompass not only the Annual ...

JAMDA

March 14, 2024

Improving Sleep Using Mentored Behavioral and Environmental Restructuring (SLUMBER)

To evaluate the impact of a mentoring program to encourage staff-delivered sleep-promoting strategies on sleep, function, depression, and anxiety among skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents.

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...

PALTmed In The News

April 10, 2024

‘Ladders and lattices’ provide career opportunities for CNAs

Providers would be wise to help certified nursing assistants advance in their careers, according to an article in Caring for the Ages, a publication of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

Policy Snapshot

March 15, 2024

Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) Accelerated and Advance Payments for Part A Providers and Part B Suppliers FAQs

On March 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the Change Healthcare/Optum payment disruption accelerated and advance payments. These detail what services qualify for accelerated and advance payments, application criteria, repaymen...

Policy Snapshot

February 9, 2024

Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Deadlines for a January 1, 2025, Start Date

Accountable care organizations (ACOs): See Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Types & Timeline to learn about key dates for a January 1, 2025, start date. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will accept applications starting May 20, 2024, through the ACO Management System. A...

Policy Snapshot

September 1, 2023

CMS Issues Proposed Minimum Staffing Standards for LTC Rule

On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting proposed rule, which seeks to establish comprehensive nurse staffing requirements.

Policy Snapshot

January 26, 2024

CMS Provides Additional Information on G2211 Code

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an MLN Matters Article on the new G2211 code. AMDA realizes that there have been questions about this code. In our communications, we understand that CMS is also developing an FAQ document. We continue to work closely with other specialty s...