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Policy Snapshot
October 11, 2024
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Policy Applied to MIPS-Eligible Clinicians Following Hurricanes Helene and Francine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra recently released a letter to health-care leaders and stakeholders on the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which can be found on the HHS website. In response to Hurricanes Helene and Francine, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se...
JAMDA
October 24, 2025
Rates and Reasons for Recurrent Emergency Hospitalizations Among Frail Residents With Diabetes Following First Admission to Long-Term Care Facilities
Frail residents with type 2 diabetes (T2D) living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at high risk of emergency hospitalizations. We investigated rates and reasons for recurrent emergency hospitalizations by frailty status.
Policy Snapshot
January 16, 2026
CMS Emphasizes Correct Use and Billing of Remote Patient Monitoring
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is signaling a renewed focus on ensuring that remote patient monitoring (RPM) services are used and billed correctly. Following a recent review highlighted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), CMS has released information underscoring the impo...
JAMDA
December 8, 2021
Reliability and Validity of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia and Invariance Between Black Versus White Residents in Nursing Homes
The purpose of this study was to expand on prior work testing invariance on several depression measures in community-based older adults and explore the psychometric properties and evidence of invariance between racial groups based on the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia.
Policy Snapshot
June 9, 2025
HHS Veteran Thomas Keane Appointed to Lead ASTP/ONC, Prioritizing Health IT and EMR Interoperability
The Trump administration has appointed Thomas Keane, a longtime Health and Human Services (HHS) official, to lead the newly formed Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP/ONC). The move comes as part of a broader effort to moder...
News Release
March 15, 2023
Annual Cowles, Morley, and Gladstone Media and Authorship Awards Presented During PALTC23
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine presented three awards recognizing excellence in PALTC media and writing during its PALTC23 Annual Conference in Tampa, FL. Alan Horowitz, JD, RN, was the recipient of the Carey Cowles Award. Jacqueline K. Yuen, MD, of the Division of Ge...
Policy Snapshot
September 30, 2025
CMS Updates CMPRP Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Division of Nursing Homes has released memo QSO-25-26-NH, announcing updates to the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP). The changes aim to improve efficiency, expand funding, and increase transparency.
Policy Snapshot
December 15, 2023
Tell Congress to Cancel the Medicare Payment Cut
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved a 3.37% cut to Medicare physician payments for 2024. If Congress doesn’t act before the year ends, these proposed cuts will go into effect, worsening patients’ access to care and disproportionately harming small, independent, and rura...
JAMDA
May 27, 2023