GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Actually, Manju, you probably could talk about yourself, but I cite it all the time of veterans who are equally eligible to get their care and Medicare fee for service system versus the VA and that patients who get their care in Medicare are more likely to start dialysis. 2009, yeah, 2009. One of my favorite articles.

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2009 Article Nursing home Medicare 233

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Ruth: Thank you.

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Nursing home Feeding Nursing Geriatrics 135

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. They’re really excellent, and if I have any complaint about them at all, it’s that they could have been issued in 2008, 2009. But we are still laboring under this Medicare benefit. Overall it was 3.1%

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Hospice Article Hospice care Medicare 227

1-800-HOSPICE

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. Additionally, Medicare pays 100% for home hospice with no copays or deductibles. Medicare-certified hospices also provide at least six months of bereavement support. In: Huria A, Balducci L, editors: Geriatric Oncology: Treatment, Assessment, and Management.

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Bereavement Hospice 2004 2009 52

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

My entire career has been taken care of in primary hospitalists and palliative underserved populations, either dual-eligible, Medicaid, and Medicare or community health centers, so I’ve always worked in that environment. We pay for the end-of-life doulas through our foundation.

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