POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE

Membership and communications:--membership - paltmed is the only national organization guided entirely and exclusively by the needs and issues affecting post-acute and long-term care medicine. The benefits of membership are designed for individuals. Paltmed addresses the responsibilities of the attending physician, medical director, practice manager, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant and provides resources to the entire interdisciplinary team to address difficult clinical, administrative, and ethical issues in post-acute and long-term care. Allied health, student and industry members are also provided resources, and paltmed now offers practice group network ("pgn") benefits as a new category of service.for the year ended december 31, 2024, on average for the year there were 2,596 individual members, 558 corporate members, and 1,234 practice group network members.--communication - paltmed has two publications: jamda - the journal of post-acute and long-term care medicine ("jamda"), a peer reviewed journal, which is distributed twelve times per year, and caring for the ages ("caring"), a monthly newsletter for postacute and long-term care practitioners.

Public policy:advocates for the interests of medical directors, attending physicians, and others practicing in the post-acute and long-term care continuum. Paltmed's voice helps to educate and influence policy makers in congress and the federal agencies. Paltmed has helped shape important policies including physician payment and the role of the medical director and physicians in the post-acute and long-term care continuum. Paltmed also offers a number of educational materials to help its members succeed in their practices.