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Policy Snapshot

October 24, 2025

CMS Revises Memo on State Survey & Certification Activities

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week revised its position on allowed survey activities during a federal government shutdown. States can continue to do some survey work, but contractors or others cannot complete many nursing home inspection functions.
Policy Snapshot

July 28, 2025

QPP Update: 2025 APM Snapshot Released, Delay in 2024 MIPS Scores

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Quality Payment Program (QPP) Participation Status Tool based on the first snapshot of Alternative Payment Model (APM) data. The first snapshot includes data from Medicare Part B claims with dates of service between January 1, 2025, and Mar...
News Release

August 14, 2024

Introducing PALTmed, the Next Generation of AMDA

AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine is now the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed). The new name is representative of the organization’s diverse membership, which includes medical directors, attending physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assoc...
Spotlight

August 2, 2023

JAMDA Podcast Spotlights Professional Passion

During the program, Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD, talked about her study, Medication Prescribing for Type 2 Diabetes in the US Long-Term Care Setting: Observational Study. “One reason I wanted to do this study was the high prevalence of diabetes in long-term care,” where, she said, up to 44% of patients have t...
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

October 25, 2024

2023 MIPS Final Scores and 2025 MIPS Payment Adjustments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the mean and median final scores and payment adjustments for the 2023 performance year/2025 payment year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
Policy Snapshot

November 4, 2024

2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Released

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule for the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule for Calendar Year (CY) 2025. The staff at the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association will review the more than 3,000-page rule and prepare a summary.
Policy Snapshot

March 3, 2025

2024 QPP Data Submission is 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.