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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast

Jan 27, 2022

Patients with end stage liver disease and decompensated cirrhosis have an average life expectancy of 2 years without transplant.  Outcomes are worse among those who are frail.  Symptoms are common, including pain, ascites, encephalopathy, and pruritus.  Patients with end stage liver disease are often some of the most...


Jan 20, 2022

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 world of Medicare Advantage and what it means for vulnerable patients facing serious illness and those at the end of life. 

We are joined by UCSF geriatrics fellow Alex...


Jan 13, 2022

Investor money and venture capital funding is pouring into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Enrollment in MA plans has more than doubled from 12 million members in 2011 to 26 million in 2021. What does this mean for us and our patients? Do these plans deliver better care for vulnerable older adults? Or are they a money...


Jan 6, 2022

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 cares for people living with serious illness, to now be someone who is living with serious illness.  It was one of our favorite podcasts we’ve done, but also got us to think...