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Medicare Advantage, Special Needs Plans, and the Hospice Carve-In: A podcast with Dr. Claire Ankuda and Dr. Cheryl Phillips
More Health Policy this week! Today, we discuss "SNPs" but this is not a podcast about haircuts during the pandemic. We take a deeper dive into the w…
4 years, 9 months ago
Medicare Advantage and the "Medicare Money Machine": Guests Dr. Don Berwick & Dr. Rick Gilfillan
Episode 202
Investor money and venture capital funding is pouring into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Enrollment in MA plans has more than doubled from 12 millio…
4 years, 9 months ago
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - What every Geriatrician and Palliative Care Clinician Should Know
Episode 201
Three months ago we did a podcast with Randy Curits about his recent diagnosis of ALS in March and what it was like for someone who studies and care…
4 years, 9 months ago
Celebrating GeriPal's 200th with Leaders in Geriatrics and Pallaitive Care
Episode 200
It's GeriPal's 200th episode. Yup, we started the podcast in 2016 and over the years we have grown from basically podcasting for Alex's mom to now g…
4 years, 10 months ago
Geriatric Oncology: Podcast with Melisa Wong and Louise Walter
Episode 199
Geriatric Oncology has arrived. Yes, Louise Walter has been leading the fight to improve cancer screening in older adults for years. But when it ca…
4 years, 10 months ago
Geriatric Anesthesia: Podcast with Mark Neuman, Liz Whitlock, and Cindy Hsu
Episode 198
Geriatric anesthesia is a thing. The average age of people getting surgery is increasing. Anesthesiologists and surgeons feel that with new techniq…
4 years, 10 months ago
Burnout and Resiliency: A Podcast with Janet Bull and Arif Kamal
Episode 197
The great resignation is upon us. One in five health-care workers has left their job since the pandemic started. Geriatrics and palliative care ar…
4 years, 11 months ago
Spiritual Care in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Allison Kestenbaum, Katy Hyman, and Paul Galchutt
Episode 196
I don't consider myself spiritual. For some in palliative care, this would be considered heresy as we are told "everyone is spiritual." But, hey, I…
4 years, 11 months ago
Every deep drawn breath: Podcast with Wes Ely
Episode 195
Though "breath" is in the title of Wes Ely's book (and his song choice by the Police), relationships are its beating heart.
The book operates on two…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Messiness of Medical Decision Making in Advanced Illness: A Podcast with James Tulsky
Episode 194
Anyone who cares for individuals with serious illness must live in a messy space where tough conversations about treatment decisions are common and c…
4 years, 11 months ago