I have not heard this. I agree with having discussions, but if you are clear about your wishes, having them in writing ensures your healthcare POA will follow your wishes. Oftentimes, if left unwritten, a healthcare POA who is very “emotional” at a critical decision-making moment, may end up going against those wishes. For instance, I work clo…[Read more]

Kathy,
We have recently had to get an individual medical policy for my husband, hopefully temporary 🙂 that urges its members to change to Home Delivery. Not really an option for us. I visited our pharmacy to check on other options for covering his medications and was surprised to find out we had five different discount drug cards on file that…[Read more]

Great Resource!
Thanks so much Nicole and Jennifer,
Julie Neff

My 2 cents- If mom is and competent and is likely to remain competent, an important issue is whether disagreement exists or develops between Jane and the mom. That would place the advocate in a position of conflict. Then, it’s not so much about who pays (or agrees to pay), but rather, if the advocate can do his/her job regardless of payor.

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You rock Jennifer!!! It’s a pleasure to be in your world!!!

Have a great day everyone!

This is a good question, Lorelei. I waited a few days to see what others would say – but from APHA’s standpoint (recommended by our former legal advisor) – here is our best advice.

There are two sorts of promises and communications you are trying to make and accept with your contracts:

1. To make sure everyone involved has the same…[Read more]

I have to hope that there’s more attention to quality control on the medical side than there appears to be in administration.
Linda

Hi All,
My niche is going to be Hospice, which allows for many other areas to be touched upon.
I have thought of so many other points as well since loading the above. This is a great start since I missed the bus on the messaging piece.I’ll be sure to come back and add my messages that will resonate and complete clients to contact me.

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Hello Group!

I realized after doing Task#1 that I still went with the Audiences POV. It’s late and I wanted to get this out here….so here it is and I’ll have to work on something to catch their attention after.

Task#1 Audience –
Patient –
new or existing complex disease, new terminal diagnosis, recent hospitalization f/u needs, end of life…[Read more]

Have you reached out to Dignity Health customer service? Or your PCP office?
Sounds like a system error in the reminder letters.

KHN is a great source of information. There’s also a great Podcast called, “An Arm and A Leg.” It’s either on Spotify or IHeart….