Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required. You can schedule a consultation if you want personalized care for conditions like diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal disorders, bone health issues and more. Health insurance coverage: Health insurance is another practical consideration when choosing an endocrinologist in Connecticut.

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Board-Certified Primary Care Insurance Diabetes 52

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. We are Seeing referrals at an earlier time point, especially at a point that I feel that I can really help a patient. Is it normally the oncologist who’s making the referrals to you or do they come from people outside of oncology?

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Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

Access is so important because that is the reason the patient signs up with health insurance is so that they can get care, whether primary or specialty. We have to get that right or else the patient [is] going to go to a different entity or a different insurance company. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Should they?

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. But if the services that they require aren’t able to be provided within, they have Health Net as their insurance, so we contract with specialists in the community.

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Family Families IT Community 132