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Press Release
March 31, 2025
Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) has elected its 2025-2026 Board of Directors. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, is president; Leslie Beth Eber, MD, CMD, is president-elect; and Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, is vice president.
Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2025
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) has called on congressional leaders to address several pressing issues affecting clinicians in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Le...
Policy Snapshot
August 26, 2024
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) proposed rule.
JAMDA
April 3, 2025
Policy Snapshot
March 3, 2025
PALTmed has recently signed onto two advocacy letters. The first letter, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, calls for increased funding to improve the U.S. health-care system. The second letter, from the Alliance of Aging Research, urges congressional leaders to oppose proposed cuts to Me...
Policy Snapshot
August 30, 2024
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), along with a long list of members of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), supports bipartisan Good Samaritan legislation and continues to advocate for additional cosponsors. They highlight the need to empower medical volunteer...
Clinical Alerts
April 11, 2025
Between January 1 and April 4, 2025, 607 measles cases have been confirmed across 21 U.S. states—the highest number recorded in the first three months of any year since 2019. That year, the U.S. reported 704 cases between January 1 and April 26, marking the largest outbreak since measles was declared elimi...
Policy Snapshot
September 13, 2024
Last week, the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Calendar Year 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed rule. For 2025, CMS is proposing a cut to physician payment by 2.80% with a reduction of the con...
Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2025
In written comments to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Hearing, After the Hospital: Ensuring Access to Quality Post-Acute Care, PALTmed President Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, highlighted key challenges in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). These include workforce shortages, o...
Policy Snapshot
April 4, 2025
PALTmed supports the bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261), which was recently reintroduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS). Companion legislation has also been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ),...