California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

Proposed Changes to Prescription Drug Coverage Prescription Drug Utilization Management- Implements utilization management and prior authorization for prescription drugs. Cuts to Medi-Cal and other safety net programs threaten to destabilize access to care at a time when communities need it most.

Healthcare 204

Healthcare Family Physician Management Individual 204

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our esteemed publications should ensure that investigations that utilize racial variables follow these guidelines before being published. 2016 Jul;91(7):916-20. Examining the Potential Impact of Race Multiplier Utilization in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculation on African-American Care Outcomes. September 12, 2018.

Clinic 52

Clinic Education Clinical Practice Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. What can we do as a community?

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I think back in what, May 2016, you published a randomized controlled trial, first author, palliative care and the ED randomized study, cancer patients. Eric 04:26 So that 2016 study was in the ED, but it was getting specialty palliative care to see them when they were hospitalized, is that right? Primary outcome was quality of life.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

None of the changes that we saw in end-of-life care processes relied on specialist palliative care increases or resources, which is really important because seven of the 10 hospitals that participated were rural or community-based, which is where most Americans receive their care, and also where specialist palliative care is often most limited.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

And then secondly, around some of our quality measures, there’s been differences found in multiple papers by many teams around hospice disenrollment, higher rates of hospice disenrollment in for-profit hospices, and higher rates of healthcare utilization. They only started having to publicly report these in 2016.

Family 106

Family Families IT Patients 106

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2015, 2016. And then 2016 after CMMI finished the evaluation, it looked good, nothing happened. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community. And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125