JAMDA
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Policy Snapshot
January 5, 2026
New CMS LEAD Model Aims to Expand Access to ACOs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model as the Innovation Center’s next Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, which will focus on reaching more health-care providers who have not joined ACOs, while providing care for pati...
JAMDA
March 8, 2024
Evaluating the Association between the Implementation of the PoET (Prevention of Error-Based Transfers) Southwest Spread Project and Palliative Care Provision: A Quasi-Experimental Matched Cohort Study Using Population-Level Health Administrative Data
The PoET (Prevention of Error-based Transfers) project seeks to align long-term care (LTC) home informed consent practices to existing legislation, thereby reducing consent-related error-based transfers to acute care. We sought to measure changes in resident-level palliative care provision after participat...
JAMDA
August 20, 2025
Leveraging the Transitional Care Model Intervention to Identify and Mitigate Adverse Social Determinants of Health
Adverse social determinants of health (SDoH) often contribute to poor patient health outcomes after hospitalization. Although transitional care interventions can help prevent negative outcomes as patients transition from hospital to home or other health care settings, using a one-size-fits all approach may...
JAMDA
May 17, 2022
Management of Chronic Pain in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Pain, a complex subjective experience, is common in care home residents. Despite advances in pain management, optimal pain control remains a challenge. In this updated systematic review, we examined effectiveness of interventions for treating chronic pain in care home residents.
Spotlight
August 15, 2024
With Passion and Experience, New Board Member Fights the Good Fight
Even as a medical student, Monica Ott, MD, CMD, the newest state presidents council representative on the PALTmed Board of Directors, knew she wanted to work in geriatrics and long-term care. By the time she participated in the Futures Program, she was ready to dive into the field she loved, and it felt li...
JAMDA
July 14, 2014
What Is the Impact of Using Outdoor Spaces Such as Gardens on the Physical and Mental Well-Being of Those With Dementia? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
To examine the impact of gardens and outdoor spaces on the mental and physical well-being of people with dementia who are resident in care homes and understand the views of people with dementia, their carers, and care home staff on the value of gardens and outdoor spaces.
JAMDA
April 20, 2026
Effects of Structural Workforce Interventions on Resident and Staff Outcomes in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Living Systematic Review
Workforce interventions may relieve the growing demand for long-term care (LTC) homes, but their effectiveness in improving resident care remains unclear. We evaluated the impact of LTC home staffing interventions designed to facilitate organizational change at the team level and examined barriers and faci...
Policy Snapshot
December 15, 2023
Billing for Flu, Pneumococcal, and COVID-19 Vaccines
For flu, pneumococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines furnished on or after July 1, 2023, to patients staying in a Medicare Part A-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF), immunizers can no longer bill Medicare directly.
JAMDA
January 6, 2024
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Trajectories of Cognitive Decline and Depression Symptoms in Long-Term Care Facility Residents
To compare the longitudinal rates of change in cognition and depressive symptoms between 2019 (pre–COVID-19 pandemic) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic) among long-term care facility (LTCF) residents in Iowa, which ranked among the top 10 US states that suffered from extreme nursing staff shortages during this c...
