Today's Hospitalist

MAY 16, 2025

That’s when the health system turned to a company that provides a turnkey SNF-care program. “We went from working with about 25 nursing homes to now being in between 75 to 80 nursing homes.” Those data can provide clues that patients may be starting to struggle at home.

Healthcare 91

Healthcare Patients Nurse Practitioner Hospital 91

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Eric: And Susan?

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Yeah.

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Patient-Centered IT Families Family 126