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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

And I remember being there and there was a patient who had seen inpatient and then subsequently outpatient who was so thankful in the weirdest in just this irrational way for having been diagnosed with liver cancer. I often need a prior off but I have been surprised that the insurance hasn’t been the barrier that I thought it would be.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

Our folks all die of congestive heart failure and dementia, even oncology diagnoses with new immunotherapies like the old days. We utilize the generous donations from our foundation to support the end-of-life doula program. Eric: Alex, I’ll ask you as we’re doing the dinner table conversation.

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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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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. But, what you need is a community-based game there.

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

GeriPal

With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. So I remember talking with David Reuben and others and say, all right, we need to be a doctor and diagnose exactly the question you ask, Eric. So that’s I think diagnoses.