Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

More than a year after her riding accident, Diamond was back at the emergency room after she tripped on a step while entering a New York restaurant. Those big claims “seem to get on the insurer’s radar,” said Casey Schwarz, senior counsel for education and federal policy at the Medicare Rights Center.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patient-Centered Government Provider 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. And it’s interesting there because long-term care is covered by the government, but still assisted living has emerged as a private market to try and accommodate some of this demand for supportive services. So, all this was done in Toronto.

Community 97

Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

I’m wondering, you talked about that patient who was really isolated and coming to the emergency room. The idea of listening with your ear, so E being educate, A, assess, and R, respond. The educate is really about these are the risk factors, and they are significant. Or was that just the lingering conversations?

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. And so I thought about it a while, called, and sure enough, they brought him up to the emergency room. The intention was to place it in the beds in nursing homes.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. Our network helps to maintain that independence.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. Like, do you think maybe, you know, let’s educate. And because of this encounter, this patient went to the emergency room twice due to having panic episodes that felt like heart attacks.

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community Screening IT 116

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I had the tenacity and education to try to figure this out. This money allow me to take care of the caregiver, educate them, support them.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125