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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

Like many health care systems, OSF HealthCare—now with 17 hospitals throughout Illinois and Michigan—has found that bouncebacks from SNFs are the single biggest slice of that system’s preventable readmissions. It’s also a big reason why bouncebacks from SNFs are so common.

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A patient’s perspective: The evolving landscape of IBD

ABIM

IBD is also increasingly being diagnosed in racial and ethnic minorities, children, and older adults. This burden of the disease is being felt by patients and healthcare providers. Now, in 2025, it’s both validating and heartbreaking to see the rise in IBD diagnoses in Peru. Many IBD patients in the U.S.,

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. On October 10th, based on ability to pay, the U.S. 11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Zarzamora Press Release.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

And so certainly from a family’s perspective, a family caregiver perspective, the last thing we want to have when it comes to good dementia care is a diagnose and audio scenario, or in this case, some type of screening result, and then we’ll see you again in six months. It can’t be diagnosed and adios.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. We talk about: . The structure of federal agencies and how they coordinate.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. This was an investigative report about fraud and healthcare, pure fraud, pure victimization of vulnerable people. Lauren: Thanks for having me. Alex: And she’s going to be a guest host today.

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