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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. Since she was still working, she thought her employer health insurance plan would cover her. This time, though, the insurance coverage wasn’t routine. The bills totaled more than $100,000. The bill for that care: $12,000.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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Physician Felons: How to Stay Out of Prison

Pamela Wible MD

How to protect your medical license, your freedom, and your patients A physician called me just hours before her sentencing for opioid diversion. At $30 per patient, she earned $33,000 over one year before moving on. Now released, he hopes to get his license back and resume caring for patients. She was grateful for my advice.

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

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

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What’s next for value-based care

Permanente Medicine

The guests highlight the need for aligning incentives to foster trust between physicians and patients, and the important role of data sharing in achieving better health outcomes in a coordinated system. The common refrain for value-based care is that it rewards value over volume. Let’s meet our guests. With me is Ceci Connolly.

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Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

Physician's Weekly

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by about $1 trillion over a decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, threatening the physical and financial health of tens of millions of Americans. uninsured rate to record lows.