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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. ” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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And at some point, she was living in assisted living and fell and broke her hip. She went to an inpatient hospice and they kept her comfortable for a couple of weeks and she passed away. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008. You’ll have a feeding tube.