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JAMDA

February 26, 2019

Four Potentially Practice-Changing Articles From 2018

Four key articles published in 2018 have been selected to represent clinical situations where recent evidence may prompt changes in practice relevant to the nursing home population. There is no evidence of benefit for levothyroxine replacement in mild subclinical hypothyroidism. Duloxetine may be considere...
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
Chapter Event
Oct 18, 2024 1:00 pm - Oct 19, 2024 5:10 pm

MIMDA: Twenty-Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Michigan Medical Directors Association

Gaylord, MI

Join your fellow providers in PALTC to learn what’s new in the service of this vulnerable patient population in our unique settings while enjoying the beauty of northern Michigan in the Fall. Sessions include: updates and trends in the survey process, health inequities in elder care, managing spasms & contractures, and more. Once again, we will have a half-day program Friday afternoon bootcamp for PATLC providers: Essentials in Post Acute and Long Term Care. If you want to learn the ins and outs of working in nursing homes, come hear from the best.

This year MIMDA will again provide a Bootcamp for providers in post-acute and long-term care. This informative session is a "must" for folks entering practice in the extended care world, it will provide pearls of wisdom for veterans as well.

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Policy Snapshot

October 24, 2025

CMS Revises Memo on State Survey & Certification Activities

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week revised its position on allowed survey activities during a federal government shutdown. States can continue to do some survey work, but contractors or others cannot complete many nursing home inspection functions.