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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

For example, annual behavioral health wellness visits should be reimbursable across the lifespan. We’re already doing it in places like community health centers in New Mexico, rural clinics in North Carolina, and urban hospital systems in Chicago. Integrated care is already doing that—and we’re ready to help scale it nationwide.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

So we measure things like hospitalizations and ed visits and the like, and those data are a bit weaker, but they’re also, you know, I think they need to be contextualized in what, why we would even want to reduce hospitalizations right. Why would we want to? Now, we would believe this from a primary care perspective.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. Emmy: Ended up starting a program, outpatient at our hospital at the time. How did you get interested in this? Emmy: About 25%.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

The annual wellness visit, well, is a great time to check in because those are really tailor made opportunities. Patient just got discharged from the hospital, just coming back from the skilled nursing facility. And ideally at other times too. But I will still be available to you and I will support that person.

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The Benefits of Preventive Care

Vida Family Medicine

Flu and COVID vaccines do not eliminate infections, but they can reduce the risk of infection and drastically reduce the risk of severe disease requiring hospitalization or ICU care. Most people are familiar with the childhood vaccine schedule, but there is a recommended schedule for adults as well.