Chicago Caregiving

APRIL 4, 2024

In spring 2023, the federal declaration of Covid-19 as a public health emergency ended. Increased age means increased risk The shot is covered by Medicare. In spring 2022, with the increased rates of vaccination across the U.S., the universal indoor mask mandate came to an end. But do you really need yet another Covid-19 shot?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. I’m an internist by training and practice for close to 25 years now in a spectrum of medicine from hospital-based care to more recently, geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

My clinical experiences have been foundational to my growth, but my aging health policy experience with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and my time with The California Endowment were equally important. Finish this sentence: “The top strategy that care providers should employ in 2022 to best prepare for 2023 is…?”.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

These interesting, unusual or groundbreaking deals could signal what’s to come in 2023 and help shape the hospice market’s long-term future. The transaction, now expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, also marked one of the most unexpected and expensive deals to take place in the hospice sector. Optum to pick up LHC Group.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. But we are still laboring under this Medicare benefit. JAMA Health Forum.

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. link] cms.gov/files/document/nursing-home-staffing-study-final-report-appendix-june-2023.pdf 2001, December 24). Prepared by Abt Associates Inc.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And so I think that’s why it has its moment now even in 2023. So the amount of dollars per Medicare beneficiary in the last six months of life varies more than twofold from one region of the country to the other region of the country. So I just can’t keep going. Alex: That’s great. I love this song. Thanks everybody.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

Randy died February 26, 2023. They’re associated with about 90% of deaths in the Medicare population. The post Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. I think you had to be age over 55.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

” But we had a hunch that turned out to be right that by the time these folks were in their fifties, they really had all the geriatric conditions and things we associate with much older. Yeah, this is a geriatrics journal, and generally, if people aren’t over the age of 65, JAGS may not look at it as strongly. Margot: Yes.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. We did the Geriatric 5M approach to telemedicine with Lauren Mo. On the payment aspect, there’s sort of a list of procedure codes that Medicare will allow you to bill for payment. Alex: Hope so.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

She trained at UCSF, for geriatrics fellowship. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Bruce Leff, who is also a geriatrician, and professor of medicine, and director of the Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, and has been studying hospital-at-home since the mid-nineties. We weren’t even up to Medicare Advantage.

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