07/18/2025

PALTC News - July 18

New Joint Alliance Aims to Help Assisted Living Providers Engage in Value-Based Care Programs

McKnight's Senior Living
PALTmed has launched the Value-Based Care Joint Alliance to encourage assisted living and other long-term care providers to participate in Medicare's value-based care programs. Read more, including comments from Dr. Rajeev Kumar, PALTmed's immediate past president.

PALTmed Calls on Providers to Stop Using Routine PCR Urine Tests for UTIs

McKnight's Long-Term Care News
An expert panel convened by PALTmed has recommended against the routine use of urine PCR tests to diagnose urinary tract infections. Such tests have exploded in use in recent years, but their inability to equate high bacteria load with specific clinical implications makes them an inadequate tool for nursing home residents, the PALTmed team reported in a new consensus statement published in JAMDA. Read more.

Nursing Homes Limit Admissions Due to Labor Shortages, Ziegler CFO Survey States

Skilled Nursing News
Staffing shortages have led providers to limit admissions—most commonly in skilled nursing units—with 25% of single-site communities and 18% of multi-sites affected, according to the latest July 2025 Ziegler CFO Hotline survey. Read more.