Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000.

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 the requests from management were to ask her to prescribe antipsychotics to try and sedate some of these behaviors away. ” So, I think it’s the idea about education. Eric: And who pays for assisted living communities?

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

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

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 didn’t know how to manage it. I had the tenacity and education to try to figure this out. And I was terrified.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125