JAMDA
June 13, 2024
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Policy Snapshot
December 8, 2025
CMS Reverses Long-Term Care Minimum Staffing Rule, Returns to Prior Standards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an interim final rule with comment period, reversing key components of the May 2024 Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities final rule. This action formally restores staffing requirements that were in place prior to the 2024...
Policy Snapshot
November 18, 2024
Skilled Nursing Facilities Revalidation Due Date Extended to May 1, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revalidating skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) enrolled in Medicare as part of a comprehensive effort to collect updated data on ownership, managerial structures, and related parties. This revalidation process will take place from October to Decembe...
Policy Snapshot
January 17, 2025
CMS Revises Surveyor Guidance Again, Delays Implementation to March 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced updates to the revised nursing home surveyor guidance initially released in November 2024. These updates encompass revised guidance and training for nursing services and the Payroll-Based Journal Staffing Report. Additionally, CMS is exte...
Policy Snapshot
February 13, 2026
How to Report CMS MVPs
If you’re interested in reporting a MIPS Value Pathway (MVP), review the MVPs finalized for the 2026 performance year on the 2026 Explore MVPs webpage to determine if there’s an available MVP that’s applicable to your scope of care and practice. To report an MVP for the 2026 performance year, you’ll need t...
JAMDA
December 12, 2023
Focusing on Provider Quality Measurement: Continued Consensus and Feasibility Testing of Practice-Based Quality Measures for Primary Care Providers in Long-Term Care
Medical providers in long-term care (LTC) use a unique skillset in delivering comprehensive resident care. Publicly reported quality measures (QMs) do not directly emphasize medical provider competency and their role in care. The impact of providers is understudied and to a large extent, unknown. Our objec...
News Release
March 4, 2022
AMDA to Administration: Be Broad, Innovative, and Practical in Efforts to Reform PALTC
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine applauds the Biden Administration’s continued focus on patients and residents in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC).
JAMDA
July 12, 2020
Medication Management in Frail Older People: Consensus Principles for Clinical Practice, Research, and Education
Frailty is a geriatric condition associated with increased vulnerability to adverse drug events and medication-related harm. Existing clinical practice guidelines rarely provide medication management recommendations specific to frail older people. This report presents international consensus principles, ge...
Spotlight
October 4, 2024
The Power of Posters: New Format Increases Exposure
Posters have always been an important way for practitioners to share their research, case studies, and best practices with their colleagues. The PALTmed poster program has a strong history of bringing practical, scientifically sound, high-quality information to annual conference participants. For PALTC25, ...
Policy Snapshot
May 26, 2025