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Policy Snapshot

March 3, 2025

PALTmed Joins Efforts to Advocate for Health-Care Funding and Protection of Medicaid

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...

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May 12, 2025

PALTmed Joins National Call to Preserve Critical Health Technology Office

The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) has signed onto a joint letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joining a coalition of health and technology organizations in urging protection of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Po...

Policy Snapshot

August 30, 2024

PALTmed Joins Push to Pass Good Samaritan Legislation

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 25, 2025

PALTmed Measles Statement

Measles is a highly contagious viral illness. The virus is transmitted by direct contact with infectious droplets or by airborne spread when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. Measles virus can remain infectious in the air and on surfaces for up to 2 hours after an infected person leaves an a...

Policy Snapshot

September 13, 2024

PALTmed Submits Comments on 2025 Physician Fee Schedule

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

PALTmed Submits Statement for House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Hearing on Post-Acute Care

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 CONNECT for Health Act, Expanding Telehealth Access

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),...

Policy Snapshot

January 27, 2025

PALTmed Urges CMS to Revise 2026 MIPS Value Pathways for Improved Patient Care

Last week, the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), along with a coalition of medical organizations led by the American Medical Association (AMA), sent a letter to Jeff Wu, the acting administrator of CMS. The letter addresses concerns and recommendations regarding the 2026 proposed...

PALTmed In The News

December 1, 2024

PALTMed’s Kumar: Guided by open ears and heart

There seems little doubt as to the single biggest positive influence for the development of Rajeev Kumar, PALTmed’s new, multi-talented president. His father, Shiva Kumar, was a government surgeon in their native India.

Podcast

September 4, 2024

PALTtalk | Navigating Conversations and the Latest Science on COVID-19 Vaccine (Part 2 of 2)

In Episode 2 of our two-part series, host Elizabeth Sobczyk, MSW, MPH, and special guest Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, share practical strategies for clinicians to enhance conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine and highlight leadership actions that have successfully increased vaccination rates in PALTC. We also ...