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November 18, 2024
Highlights from the 2024 AMA Interim House of Delegates Meeting
The 2024 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates covered critical issues affecting the U.S. health-care system. Among the most pressing topics was Medicare physician payment, which remains the AMA's top advocacy priority. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...
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August 29, 2025
2024 MIPS Final Scores and Targeted Review Available Mid-September
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) previously announced that there was a delay with receiving some of the final Medicare claims data needed to calculate cost measures, which is delaying the release of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final scores for the 2024 performance yea...
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July 29, 2022
CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing and Turnover Data
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System, which integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators.
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April 27, 2026
New CMS Behavioral Health Strategy Targets Whole-Person Care and Expanded Access
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its comprehensive Behavioral Health Strategy, a forward-looking initiative designed to promote timely, affordable, and high-value behavioral health services that enhance the health and well-being of all Americans.
Spotlight
September 29, 2025
Help Shape the Future of PALTC Policy
Next month, PALTmed members and other PALTC professionals will travel to Washington, DC, for the inaugural Advocacy Summit to help shape the future of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) policy. Two of them—Sorah Levy, PhD(c), RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, and Michele Brogunier, MD—are attending thanks to a Dr. R...
PALTmed In The News
June 13, 2024
Value-based care could boost SNF reimbursement rates: Viewpoint
Many nursing homes are closing due to financial strain, but changing service models from fee-for-service to value-based care could help improve their finances, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's in a recent interview
Policy Snapshot
April 12, 2024
Reminder: 2023 Data MIPS Submission and EUC Applications Close on Monday, April 15
In response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the data submission deadline and reopened the 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application to provide r...
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August 18, 2025
CMS Temporarily Pauses Nursing Home Care Compare Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a temporary pause in the monthly updates to the Nursing Home Care Compare Five-Star Rating System. This pause is part of CMS’ transition to a new, cloud-based platform, the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). ...
Policy Snapshot
February 16, 2024