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April 26, 2023

2023 Choosing Wisely Champions: Moving the Needle on Key Issues

Two clinical teams have been named 2023 Choosing Wisely® Champions by AMDA. The award honors individual clinicians and teams of clinicians who have gone above and beyond to make significant contributions to advance the ideals of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign by working to reduce unnecessar...

Caring for the Ages

April 26, 2023

2023 Choosing Wisely Champions: Moving the Needle on Key Issues

Policy Snapshot

April 5, 2024

2023 HITECH Report to Congress Now Available

The 2023 HITECH Report to Congress is now available. It describes actions undertaken by HHS, as well as public and private sector partners, to address issues related to health IT and the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. It also highlights updates on the implementation progress of...

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March 15, 2023

2023 Medical Director of the Year Embodies Courage and Resilience

Rani Rao, MD, FACP, CMD, started a new leadership position in March 2020. While that may have intimidating—overwhelming even—for some, Dr. Rao didn’t hesitate.

Policy Snapshot

July 3, 2024

2023 MIPS Final Score Preview Now Available

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the Final Score Preview period for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Authorized representatives of practices, virtual groups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities can now sign into the Quality Payment Program (QPP) web...

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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).

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May 31, 2023

2023 Pattee Honorees Are Career Educators Who Inspire Others

Receiving an award from your colleagues is always gratifying, but even more so when you are inspired by the person for whom an award was named. Such is the case with Philip Sloane, MD, MPH, who, along with Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, received the 2023 James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education.

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, ...

Policy Snapshot

March 1, 2024

2024 Call for MIPS Improvement Activities is Open

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages you to submit improvement activities for consideration for future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The MIPS Annual Call for Improvement Activities process allows clinicians, professional associations, and medical soc...

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March 15, 2024

2024 Medical Director of the Year Is No Stranger to Hard Work, Focus, Leadership

During PALTC24 last week, Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD, was honored as Medical Director of the Year. While she may have been surprised to receive this award, her colleagues weren’t. She is known as a leader, a collaborator, a team player, an educator, an innovator, and a friend.