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. The information appears in a chart in the government’s “Medicare & You” handbook, if someone knows to look for it. The bill for that care: $12,000.

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Insurance Patient-Centered Government Provider 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

I don’t have access to change the levers of government. And either of those could be given to the patient or an informant. Anna 43:15 I mean, yeah, as I’ve had, I think in general, primary care doesn’t have a lot of information about how to use these things. Ana chodos, what should I be? But I don’t.

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

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. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information.

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Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’ve been on a quest to build those services and support so that people can make true, informed decisions for themselves and their families. We’re selling objectivity, information, independence and choice. Take some time to get trust, to get real information. Susan: Yeah, I don’t think the word even surfaced.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

For nearly 40 years, EMTALA has been understood by medical providers and the federal government — including both Democratic and Republican administrations — to require abortion care when that care is needed to stabilize pregnant patients in a medical crisis.

Patients 92

Patients Medical Student Patient-Centered Emergency Room 92

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I could walk down the hall and get information. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. Just to let you know, Eric, we have to give the credit to our federal government. I found it to be an incredibly hard journey. I had a supportive spouse. And guess what?

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

one of the Senate Democrats who requested the information from Sheps, in a statement said communities should know exactly what they stand to lose if Congress approves the reductions to Medicaid. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), “People will die” if rural hospitals close, he said. “It’s people that they know and care about.”

Finance 52

Finance Hospital Community Emergency Room 52