Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

JUNE 2, 2025

Medical biller: Medical billers are responsible for submitting claims to patients’ insurance providers, and following up to ensure the practice receives payment. Authorization specialist: Authorization specialists are responsible for getting pre-authorizations from patients’ insurance providers to ensure upcoming services are covered.

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Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Physician Primary Care 52

My Green Doctor

JULY 2, 2025

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Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

These crucial healthcare providers can be found in almost every healthcare setting, including, but not limited to: Hospitals Private Practices Urgent Cares Higher Education Corporate Clinics Telehealth Services Insurance Companies Correctional Facilities Indian Health Service (IHS) Facilities Why is the physician shortage growing?

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Private Practice Healthcare Internal Medicine Family Medicine 52

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Nadine: I would argue, insurance doesn’t agree, that anyone with diabetes should be on a CGM at least initially for behavior modification. But once again, insurance won’t agree with me, but I do my best to prescribe as many as possible, even for that population. Eric: And thank you to all of our listeners.

Diabetes 73

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Family 73

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

And I’m using these personal sound amplification products, these PSAPs for young adults who are in their mid twenties, transitioning off of their parents’ insurance, or they’re going to college and they no longer qualify for Medicaid as a child, and they don’t have hearing aids anymore.

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

The company works closely with a continuously growing number of insurance companies in Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, the UK, in the Netherlands among others, as well as with companies offering this service to their employees. So far, this dermatology app has been used by 3.5 million instances globally by almost 2 million users.

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Patients Healthcare Board-Certified Telemedicine 111

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

We work with most major insurance plans and offer transparent pricing options for self-pay patients. Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals in Mesa, Arizona is committed to partnering with you for a healthier future.

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Family Physician Preventive Care Preventative Care Family 100

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

I know, I’m sure it depends with insurance and where you are. Anish 45:34 Yeah, usually the insurance company will cover the cost of the radiation therapy. But we in our department are obtaining insurance authorization before the patient even gets on the table. Like, what should they be expecting in that respect?

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Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And you could say the same thing about insurance companies. Insurance companies will pay for a lot of drugs that have really not a whole lot of evidence at a lot of costs. But to this day, I haven’t heard of an insurance company that’s willing to cover cannabis. Is that your feeling, too?

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Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. And what should we be doing as far as assessment?

IT 102

IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Zachary: I would say that shifting from… I used to prescribe solely in the VA and the Shangrila that is the VA and then never had to worry about it and then shifting to outpatient at a cancer center and having to go through commercial insurance.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

If we can get on a path that is a Federal path, where it’s legal, I also can see a world where Medicaid pays for this, where Medicare pays for this, where insurance companies pay for this, in a way that makes it viable for many more people, is my hope.

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Patient-Centered Community IT Medical 91

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We could look at cancer registry linked with… Like, I see here Medicare type big data sets, but then you have to rely on insurance claims and that’s going to underestimate SUD when most people aren’t getting treatment and it’s a tough nut to crack.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Goal five is focused on quality insurance, so designing a more effective and responsive system of quality assurance. The post Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

Finance 95

Finance Board-Certified IT Provider 95

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Alex: It sounds like there’s a need for more evidence in order to justify expansion and policy to cover death doulas nationally or even on a state by state basis or insurance by insurance basis. I have a question about the rule of doulas in states where medical aid in dying is legal.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

For example, putting the healthy food at the back of the grocery store is sludge; making an applicant for health insurance climb the flight of stairs to the office – weeding out those less fit – is also sludge. Sludge is apparently when you create barriers or extra work for someone. Prior-auth forms?

Patient-Centered 116

Patient-Centered Hospital IT Illness 116

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Usually, if the patient doesn’t respond to 300 three times a day, insurance will let you give the pregabalin, because they’re generics now. If we could get insurance approval all the time, I would only use pregabalin, because you know it’s being linearly absorbed. Eric: Can I ask? Eric: Of the pregabalin, 100, 150.

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Management IT Patients Family 101

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I think a lot of people will think of like 16 or 24 milligrams sublingually just because that is what is insurance will pay for for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Janet 46:54 There’s also just to add some additional data, like there is no limit to buprenorphine effectiveness. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It was all covered by my mom’s insurance. The post Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Which I don’t blame her. It was a home based pallia program.

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IT Community Patients Family 107

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And that came down a lot of times to asking the provider whether they felt they met criteria and then also looking to see if they had the financial, like the proper insurance or things like that. Connie 21:57 So the next step was generally trying to assess whether they were eligible for palliative care.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

But if the services that they require aren’t able to be provided within, they have Health Net as their insurance, so we contract with specialists in the community. Everybody has a primary care doctor, a primary care nurse, a team. If they need an acute hospitalization, they would be hospitalized in a hospital that we contract with.

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Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

AUGUST 8, 2024

And this seems very basic, but try it with your insurance agent or your pastor, you know, or your banker at 03:00 in the morning. The post Between Two Urns: Undertaker Thomas Lynch appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. You can call and we answer the phone.

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IT Family Families Relationship 124

GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

maybe eight or 10 months ago, “Please write a prior authorization to the insurance company. The thing just wrote this beautiful, absolutely beautiful, well-constructed prior authorization request to the insurance company. Eric: Now, insurance companies are going to want handwritten prior authorizations. Bob: Be well.

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IT Electronics Patients Healthcare 139

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

But if your patient is not able to do those things, I wouldn’t say don’t have insurer. The post Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

IT 116

IT Diabetes Chronic Disease Patient-Centered 116

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. The post How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Insurance companies. Healthcare provide. Healthcare companies. Eric 11:54 And also lots of other things we don’t even think about too revolve around this life insurance and whether or not how much you can sue your doctor or healthcare providers for depends if the patient’s still alive or if they’re dead.

IT 113

IT Family Families Patient-Centered 113

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

So let’s use the one that I prefer to do, because I know this drug, that’s not how insurance companies work. The post Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

You come over to the clinic, you go to the hospital, you provide service, and the insurance and you negotiate how much you’re going to get paid. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance. It’s a payment that is not the way… It’s a very different payment- Diane: Very different. Diane: Huge.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What is it about my insurance, that does not cover me staying in this hospital?” The post Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. But one thing this brings up for me is that question of equity.

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115