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ForwardFrom Impact to Action: Understanding Shifts in Medicare and Medicaid for Pennsylvanians
On July 4, 2025, after months of debate, a budget reconciliation bill, purported to reduce the federal budget deficit, was signed into law. According to some, this law makes changes in Medicare and Medicaid funding that could portend dramatic changes to the healthcare that older people receive, particularly in rural areas, how healthcare providers are paid, and long-term care services that allow older Americans to age in place rather than go to a nursing home. For the 2025 PGS WD fall program, a panel of experts will help interpret the trends and discuss the impact of these changes on the cost of healthcare for older adults, how CMS and insurance companies cover healthcare, and how and where older adults receive long term care services. Will these changes also impact medical training and the compensation of healthcare providers?
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Physician
Physician Assistant
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
1. Summarize the major changes to Medicaid and Medicare coverage imposed by the budget reconciliation act of 2025.
2. Discuss the potential impact of these changes on the morbidity and mortality of older Pennsylvanians in both rural and non-rural areas.
3. Describe how coverage of home health services and long-term care by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Medicaid may change.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 2.0contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Social Work (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 2.0 clinical continuing education credits
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 2.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 2.00 ASWB
- 2.00 Attendance
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