Insurance Referral Relationship Utilities 
GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice. Is that a black box?
New South Family Medicine and MedSpa
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
The practice doesn't depend on the insurance company to say whether they will pay for a certain procedure or a particular test, and how much. Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. You can continue to use your insurance for medications and for labs as well.
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. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. I would hope a referral would go to what’s called an ADRC, and it’s called an Aging and Disability Resource Center.
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