Hospital Patient Gets the Moon Hospitals have just started doing something new: they are giving moons to patients. What’s a moon? Don’t panic: it doesn’t mean that hospitals are dropping their pants. It’s a form that could make a big difference in how much you might have to pay for healthcare. Moon stands for, and …
Does Louisiana have death panels? Let’s ask Fred Sanford (not his real name.) Fred had a heart attack three years ago. They rushed him to the hospital and found that he wasn’t getting enough blood flow to his brain. So the doctors performed brain surgery. Which didn’t go so well. Fred ended up in a …
Benefits of the Life Care Plan offered by Gilsoul & Aronson The Journal of General Internal Medicine recently published a report that was pretty scary: “In 2012, nearly one-third of adults 65 years or older with Medicare discharged to home after hospitalization were referred for home health care services. Care coordination between the hospital and …
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A Big Nursing Home Admission Mistake It was a bad day when Marcia had to put her Mom into the nursing home. She had to sign so much paperwork that she thought she was buying a house. And of course she didn’t read it all. That would have taken forever. And Marcia and her Mom …
“We no longer require that masks be worn when meeting with us. However, if you wear a mask, we’ll do likewise.”
