GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. I know, I’m sure it depends with insurance and where you are. Anish 45:34 Yeah, usually the insurance company will cover the cost of the radiation therapy. Evie, welcome to GeriPal.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 28, 2024

They are also costly and subject to variable insurance coverage, leading many med spas and compounding pharmacies to offer compounded versions of these FDA-approved medications with varying degrees of safety. There is a lot of information and a lot of marketing out there creating a lot of confusion.

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Diabetes Primary Care Physician Medical Patients 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. And you could say the same thing about insurance companies. Insurance companies will pay for a lot of drugs that have really not a whole lot of evidence at a lot of costs. But to this day, I haven’t heard of an insurance company that’s willing to cover cannabis.

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Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. But I think then the other factor in this that makes it complicated is the decision for someone in Manhattan might be very different than the decision for someone in, like, rural Wyoming. Is this our role?

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IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Alex: It’s complicated. We, for very complicated reasons, ended up with niacin. I don’t want the public, or the healthcare field, to say, “It’s safe and effective, I can go do it.” So, creating a- Alex: Control condition. Eric: Yeah. Eric: A blinded control condition is the tough part here, right?

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Patient-Centered Community IT Medical 91

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I thought that was an interesting take on doing this, because a mother-daughter relationship can be complicated, can be wonderful, and it’s hard to navigate when you lose your mother. There were rules a little bit, because the healthcare system likes to have some level of consistency as people move in.

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

For example, putting the healthy food at the back of the grocery store is sludge; making an applicant for health insurance climb the flight of stairs to the office – weeding out those less fit – is also sludge. Alex 06:20 Can I what’s the healthcare equivalent to the Starbucks coffee? Inside or outside of healthcare?

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Patient-Centered Hospital IT Illness 116

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Don 13:50 Well, you know, I think one of the issues, though, when you ask about prevalence data, especially, say, in the oncology world, not only does it matter about how you ask the questions, but because it’s such a complicated topic, people may infer very different things as to what you’re talking about. Sharon 15:21 Right.

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Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Insurance companies. Healthcare provide. Healthcare companies. Eric 11:54 And also lots of other things we don’t even think about too revolve around this life insurance and whether or not how much you can sue your doctor or healthcare providers for depends if the patient’s still alive or if they’re dead.

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IT Families Family Patient-Centered 113

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Preventive care encompasses a wide range of healthcare services designed to maintain wellness, identify risk factors, and detect disease early when treatment is most effective. Each plays a crucial role in a comprehensive approach to healthcare. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Family Physician Screening 100

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Read transcript and/or download & listen to MP3 below:  Physician burnout—symptom of a broken system “Burnout” has become one of the most talked-about issues in healthcare—but behind the buzzword lies a deeper crisis. You get your own insurance checks. I just got my first insurance check, this is actually working.

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Clinic Nurse Practitioner IT Medical 246

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The pneumonia could get treated, but I think geriatricians, actually, were well aware of iatrogenic complications of care and quality gaps, even well before the IOM reports of the late 1990s and the like. What is it about my insurance, that does not cover me staying in this hospital?” Tacara: I love thinking about models of care.

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115