The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for fiscal year (FY)...
New York was often described as the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. It swept through our cities, hospitals, and post-acute and long-term care communities with devasting effects. The response to the changing and overwhelming circumstances led the...
I recently received an email from a former baccalaureate nursing student. She expressed interest in employment opportunities at the nursing home where she had attended a clinical experience as part of her final practicum course. I swiftly reached...
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a landmark decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Loper Bright). This decision marked the end of a 40-year fundamental tenet of administrative law known as “Chevron deference.” The...
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in New York City — specifically, the unique program there for the care of individuals with late-stage Huntington’s disease (HD) — has been the setting for a novel program designed to introduce fourth-year...
PALTmed’s Publications Committee is fairly new, but the group is already busy working on a variety of projects. “We’re looking at our clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and prioritizing which ones need to be revised and updated. We’re also looking...
Senior contributor Joanne Kaldy talks to Brad Goad, DO, FACP, CMD, and certified nurse assistant (CNA) Sherry Perry, and Jamie Smith, FNP-C, about a tool designed for CNAs to use to help manage care.
Lisa Dickenson was thrilled to attend the recent Olympic opening ceremony. The pageantry, the music, the athletes — “It was just incredible!” she gushed. But she wasn’t in Paris — she was in California, at the Carlsbad by the Sea retirement...
Looking at the statistics of residents residing in assisted living (AL) communities, it is not difficult to recognize that some would benefit from expanded nutrition services provided by a registered dietitian (RD). Currently, there are over 800,000...
Person-centered care, considered the gold standard when caring for older adults, requires coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies to put into practice, researchers said. In a special review, Allison R. Heid, PhD, an independent research...
