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JAMDA

June 15, 2020

Is There a Link between Nursing Home Reported Quality and COVID-19 Cases? Evidence from California Skilled Nursing Facilities

During the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States, nursing homes became the hotbed for the spread of COVID-19. States developed different policies to mitigate the COVID-19 risks at nursing homes, including limiting nursing home visitation and mandating staff screening. The purpos...

Policy Snapshot

March 16, 2026

PALTmed Leads Coalition Effort to Overturn SNF Services Payment Reduction

PALTmed recently led a coalition of organizations in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reverse reductions to practice expense (PE) payments for services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The cuts reduce payment for clinicians caring for patients in SNFs, despite ...

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March 29, 2024

Updates to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025

On March 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1802-P) that provides updates to the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). In this proposed rule, CMS is proposing to require SNFs to collect and submit throug...

Caring for the Ages

November 3, 2025

The Transformative Journey of An Interview with the EditorsCaring for the Ages:The Transformative Journey of An Interview with the Editors

Policy Snapshot

November 22, 2024

CMS Announces Key Revisions to Nursing Home Surveyor Guidance for 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance for nursing home surveyors that will take effect on February 24, 2025. The updates aim to enhance the quality of care and ensure compliance with evolving standards in long-term care facilities. These revisions, which will be i...

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May 3, 2024

Physician Practice Input is Needed by June 30 to Help Inform Accurate Physician Payment

A national survey of physician practices led by the American Medical Association (AMA) is underway and we urge your cooperation with this effort. The objective of the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey is to gather accurate data on practice costs and the hours of patient care that physicians provi...

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March 10, 2025

CMS Extends Implementation Deadline for Revised Surveyor Guidance to April 2025

On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an additional extension for the implementation of all revised surveyor guidance, now set for April 28, 2025, as detailed in QSO-25-14-NH. Initially released in November 2024, the guidance has seen multiple extensions from i...

Caring for the Ages

February 26, 2021

Commentary on Golden to Editor’s Note: An Urgent Need for Public “Perception” Reform

JAMDA

March 26, 2022

The National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network: A Practice-Based Quality Improvement and Research Network

Home-based primary care (HBPC) provides interdisciplinary, comprehensive care at home for homebound older adults and has been largely excluded from the national conversation on care quality and quality improvement. In this Pragmatic Innovations article, we describe the work of the National HBPC Learning Ne...

JAMDA

January 23, 2014

Clinical Uncertainties in the Approach to Long Term Care Residents With Possible Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is arguably the most common infection in the long term care (LTC) setting. Making the diagnosis of UTI and deciding when to initiate treatment with antimicrobial therapy is a challenge to all LTC providers. Widespread prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, lack of an accepted...