PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

. · A positive test can provide false reassurance to clinicians and caregivers. A negative test can also provide false reassurance. . · Testing for specific viruses might be indicated if the results of the testing may alter treatment plans (e.g., A positive test does not exclude a secondary bacterial infection or co-infection.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

She happened to focus on some specific for-profit hospice providers. They were all actually publicly traded or private equity owned for-profit hospice providers. And I didn’t read it as damning of all for-profit providers, but I think it needed to happen. It feels somewhat random in some ways. Eric: Lack of a caregiver.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

On the surface, this rule aligns with the American Academy of Family Physicians’ policy that information provided in DTCA "should be accurate, balanced, objective, and complete, not false or misleading, and should not promote unhealthy or unsafe practices." Rather it is one of the most expensive psoriasis treatments available. All of us.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had looked at a research article that had recently evaluated the prevalence of private equity transactions in the hospice market and noted that there was a pretty substantial uptick in the past decade, and really over the course of say around 2015 to 2019. Basically, there’s a lot of variation amongst hospice providers.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Check out some of their recent work, including: Dr. Holt-Lunstad’s and Dr. Perissinotto’s powerful perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine which provides a clinical framework for addressing loneliness and social isolation. I think I feel more comfortable as a provider in trying to support people in their isolation.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But, you know, I’ve talked to a lot of palliative care providers, a lot of people caring for people with serious illness. Like if a person has an issue, struggle with alcohol, I’m not their alcohol provider, but I may be their opioid provider. First one responds gets the first response. You know the case.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

2019 Jul;144(1):e20183221. It’s particularly difficult to diagnose cervical spine injuries in kids under three because they can’t give you an accurate history and cooperate with the exam. I’ve provided a link in the show notes. Cervical Spine Injury Risk Factors in Children With Blunt Trauma. Pediatrics.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. A North Carolina bill would require doctors who review patient appeals to have practiced medicine in the same specialty as the patient’s provider. BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. —

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 1, 2025

Since returning to the White House, Trump has said he will target fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and his Republican allies in Congress have made combating fraud a key argument in their plans to slash spending on Medicaid, which provides health care for millions of low-income and disabled Americans.

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