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Policy Snapshot

August 11, 2025

CMS Reopens Doctors and Clinicians CY 2023 Preview Period

CMS has reopened the calendar year (CY) 2023 Doctors and Clinicians (DAC) Preview Period, which will remain open until Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 8:00 PM ET. CMS reopened the Preview Period because adjustments were made, resulting in the addition of two clinician quality measures and 17 group quality me...
Spotlight

August 28, 2025

President Perspectives (August 2026)

As summer draws to a close, I am encouraged by the progress PALTmed has already made this year in advocating for our members and advancing the field of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). At our July Board of Directors meeting, we focused on developing a new strategic plan—one that reflects our constant...
Spotlight

April 11, 2025

Choosing Wisely: Recommendations for the Entire Interdisciplinary Team

The Choosing Wisely campaign was started by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation in 2016 to spark conversations about commonly used tests and treatments that lack strong supporting evidence. PALTmed, along with other specialty societies, has participated in the campaign since its ince...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Acute Change of Condition CPG

In the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting a primary goal of identifying acute change of conditions (ACOC) is to enable staff to evaluate and manage a patient at the facility and avoid the transfer to a hospital or emergency room. To achieve this goal, the facility's staff and practitioners ...
Practice Management Tools

Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates

Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-physician practitioners during the process of pronouncing an...