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Know Your Rights as a Patient
Between physicians, technologists, front office staff, insurance companies, billing departments, Medicare, Medicaid, pharmacy benefits managers, hospitals, rehab facilities, and the many other people you encounter as a patient, it can be challenging to find your own...
Happy New Year! Welcome to Twenty Twenty Too!
As I write this blog from my office, my children go to school remotely, COVID-19 cases are ridiculously high, people in my county are arguing about masks, potential long waits for prescriptions persist, and Care Answered is advocating for clients attempting to be...
The Disabling Long-Term Effects of Covid-19: Could You be Affected?
Many of us feel that we would like a break from hearing anything more about Covid-19. While that is understandable, I’d like to address an aspect of this pandemic that has not received as much attention as it deserves and may affect you and your loved ones. In the...
NYS Medicaid Quick Update
The latest as of October 26, 2021 CARE UPDATE As we last reported, Community Medicaid changes in care were to begin on or about November 8. There has been NO new guidance on these changes. My hope is that the start will be delayed further but only New York State knows...
Medicare Update: What You Need to Know
Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Medicare Advantage, the donut hole, and more...in this webinar, Nicole Christensen, BCPA, and her guests, Stewart Small and Jane O'Malley, shared the latest updates on Medicare. The information is particularly timely as Open Enrollment...
Dementia: Tips to Communicate, Connect & Engage
On September 22, 2021, Nicole Christensen, MS, BCPA, President of Care Answered, welcomed Melissa Gallagher-Cashman, CTRS, CDP, CADDCT, CMDCP, NASM-CPT, President-Executive Director, Creative Caregiving Solutions, to a webinar designed to help caregivers learn...