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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

When they built a new prison hospital in Stockton, the dialysis went there. 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. Michele: So historically we did do dialysis here.

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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

Doctors for America

This federal law has required hospitals with emergency departments to provide stabilizing treatment, including abortion, to patients experiencing medical emergencies for nearly four decades. DFA focuses solely on what is best for our patients, not on the business side of medicine.

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A Texas Boy Needed Protection From Measles. The Vaccine Cost $1,400.

Physician's Weekly

Nguyen, who is a UTMB postdoctoral fellow in public health and infectious disease, said he asked clinic staff whether his family’s insurance would cover the checkups and immunizations. Recommendations affecting administration and insurance coverage are made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Then the bills came.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers. So let’s use the one that I prefer to do, because I know this drug, that’s not how insurance companies work. These drugs are considered lifestyle medications.

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