GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. Areej: So when I was in college, I had a close friend who had a serious illness and actually died as a result of cancer. And so I went into medical school wanting to cure cancer. Jennifer: It was 2010. Eric: 2010. Transcript.

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Illness Hospital Patient-Centered Patients 110

GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. That trajectory was in increase from 2000 to say, 2010. And now about two thirds of the market is for-profit hospices.

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Families Family IT Patients 106

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. The cause of his illness remains unknown. Health insurers issue millions of denials every year. It’s a business,” Jeff Hall said.

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Insurance Patients Behavioral Health Services Diagnose 52