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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

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The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. Capital Caring launched its Primary Care at Home service in 2019. The dollar amount was undisclosed.

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Executive Moves at UnitedHealth Group, Treasure Coast Hospice

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He most recently served as UnitedHealth Group’s CEO since 2019 president. Prior to joining Treasure Coast Hospice, he practiced family medicine at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, Gateway Medical Group and Jupiter Medical Center. He also served as medical director at skilled nursing facility provider Life Care Center of Port St.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. So they looked at those that died in 2019, did a year back look at total cost of care that showed at six months, if somebody lives six months on average, those in hospice cost the Medicare trust fund 11% less than those who never enrolled.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

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But back in 2019, there was a lot of disagreement in our group about whether for a patient with cancer and cancer related pain and a substance use disorder, whether palliative care was the appropriate specialty to care for those patients. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions.