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November 8, 2024
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Spotlight
November 1, 2024
5 Reasons to Make the PALTmed Community Yours
For Azlan Tariq, DO, vice chair of the Membership Committee, being an active PALTmed member is a no-brainer. “This is the only organization that focuses on the providers and patients in this challenging but very satisfying practice setting,” he said, adding that the association and his fellow PALTmed membe...
Policy Snapshot
November 12, 2024
2024 and Beyond: What to Expect from the New 119th Congress for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Clinicians
With the 2024 election now behind us, PALTmed is poised to monitor several key issues in the coming months as the new Congress takes shape. The Senate has shifted to a Republican majority, currently standing at 53-47. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives remains undecided but likely to remain the same, ...
Spotlight
June 27, 2023
Gladstone Award Goes to Innovative Drive to Deprescribe Team
When AMDA launched the Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) – Optimizing Medication Use in PALTC initiative two years ago, they hoped it would make a difference. But members of the D2D workgroup—Arif Nazir, MD, CMD; Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD; Michael Cinque, RPharmD; and Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD, ...
Policy Snapshot
August 30, 2024
CMS Issues FAQ Addressing Code G2211
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for code G2211, which is an office and outpatient (O/O) evaluation and management (E/M) visit complexity add one code. All medical professionals who can bill O/O E/M visits (CPT codes 99202-99205, ...
Policy Snapshot
December 2, 2024
2024 QPP Exception Applications are Available
The 2024 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Exception applications are available through December 31, 2024, at 8:00 PM ET. Two types of exception applications allow users to indicate the reason they’re unable to report data for one or more Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance categories. ...
JAMDA
October 9, 2024
Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy in Older Adults without Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Horticultural therapy (HT) has garnered growing interest because of its psychological and physical benefits. Previous reviews have demonstrated its therapeutic effects in older adults with cognitive impairment or mental illnesses. However, its impact on older adults without dementia has not been synthesize...
JAMDA
October 16, 2024
A 3-Wave Longitudinal Study of eHealth Literacy and Older People's Health-Related Quality of Life in China: The Mediating Role of General Self-Efficacy
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important indicator to reflect the independence and well-being of older adults in their later life. Improving the HRQoL of older adults is of great importance for achieving healthy aging. The internet provides extensive health information and being able to effec...
JAMDA
October 2, 2024
Associations of 2 Established Methods of Measuring Gait Speed and Sit-To-Stand Performance with Frailty and Life-Space Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The 4-m gait speed (4mGS) and 10-m gait speed (10mGS) tests and the 30-second sit-to-stand (30sSTS) and 5-times sit-to-stand (5xSTS) tests are commonly used and advocated in consensus recommendations. We compared these tests on their predictive and clinical value concerning the risk of prefrailty/frailty a...
JAMDA
September 23, 2023
Hearing Loss and Frailty among Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Hearing loss may contribute to frailty through cognitive and physical decline, but population-based evidence using validated measures remains scarce. We investigated the association of hearing loss with phenotypic frailty and its individual components and explored the potential protective role of hearing a...
