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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) In 2024, 77% of eligible ABIM Board Certified endocrinologists who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. or Canada to become eligible for ABIM Board Certification.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. What do we know about. Go ahead, Alex.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

The practice doesn't depend on the insurance company to say whether they will pay for a certain procedure or a particular test, and how much. With the direct primary care model, your insurance is used for what it is intended to cover: catastrophic health events, hospitalizations, specialist care, imaging, and surgery.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Now there’s evidence for some more specialized hormonal conditions. But if your patient is not able to do those things, I wouldn’t say don’t have insurer. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Go on, Anna.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

He created fee for service, special fee for depression. You come over to the clinic, you go to the hospital, you provide service, and the insurance and you negotiate how much you’re going to get paid. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. It didn’t help.

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What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?

Physician's Weekly

In a 2024 report covering the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, Medicaid’s parent agency — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — said the rate was about 5.1%. In a 2024 review of payments made in 2022, 2023, and 2024, the agency found that 5.09% of Medicaid payments totaling $31.10 billion were improper.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

And in the omnibus bill that was last passed, the waiver was extended through the end of 2024. And CMS is now obligated to report to congress in September of 2024, about a year from now, on their experience with the waiver. What is it about my insurance, that does not cover me staying in this hospital?” That is beautiful.

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