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Partners in Palliative Care – PHC’s Pilot Program

Posted on November 2, 2015 by RMoore

Many of you are aware of hospice, either as inpatient or free standing service, which is a program providing a comprehensive set of services. These services include those that offer comfort and assistance to terminally ill patients with less than 6 months to live. Continue reading →

Posted in Advance Care Planning/End of Life Care, PHC Services, Specialists, Uncategorized

The dose makes the poison – Paracelsus

Posted on October 13, 2014 by RMoore

The MMWR recently reported that in the current problem with the abuse of prescription drugs, alcohol plays a significant role in ED department visits, including opioid pain reliever (OPR) and benzodiazepine (BZP) drug-related deaths. Using the Continue reading →

Posted in Drug and Substance Abuse, Medical Practice, PHC Services

Great quality conferences coming up

Posted on February 12, 2014 by RMoore

Partnership HealthPlan has always encouraged and promoted high quality care for our members. We encourage excellence in care through our Quality Improvement Program (QIP), a program which is very familiar to all Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Practice, PHC Services, QIP

BRCA Screening under Partnership HealthPlan

Posted on May 20, 2013 by RMoore

With the courageous public revelation of her decision for prophylactic bilateral mastectomy due to her BRCA deleterious mutation status, actress Angelina Jolie has brought into the public eye testing to determine genetic risk for developing Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Practice, PHC Services, Prevention

Palliative care — a new tool in our arsenal

Posted on March 26, 2013 by RMoore

For those of us who take care of aging, increasingly frail patients, the office visits can be very difficult. These encounters invariably last longer than the time allotted. The patient’s needs are often crescendoing with each visit. Symptoms proliferate and Continue reading →

Posted in Advance Care Planning/End of Life Care, PHC Services, Specialists

Your Medi-Cal patients can get $20 for trying to stop smoking

Posted on July 24, 2012 by RMoore

Getting our smoking patients to put down their cigarettes (aka coffin nails) can be difficult. Sorry, I know this sounds like I’m preaching to the choir. Medi-Cal patients smoke at a higher rate – 31% – than patients with other insurance – 22%. They even smoke Continue reading →

Posted in PHC Services, Prevention

The top 7 rules for teleconference engagement

Posted on July 10, 2012 by RMoore

As Regional Medical Director, I am frequently at one end of a PHC teleconference – either video or phone – doing the best I can to understand and participate in the meeting. PHC clinicians are currently spread over six counties, making teleconferencing Continue reading →

Posted in PHC Services

Am I seeing double? — Vision screening for members and members with diabetes – a double QIP win!

Posted on May 16, 2012 by RMoore

Did you know that many of our non-Kaiser PHC members have a separate vision care plan under Vision Service Plan (VSP)? They do. That information is available on the eligibility screen and also on their PHC card. These services can be provided by Continue reading →

Posted in PHC Services, QIP

Enhanced services for Partnership’s outpatient network

Posted on May 9, 2012 by RMoore

In an effort to find ways to support our loyal outpatient clinicians in small and medium sized groups and Community Health Centers, Partnership HealthPlan surveyed these providers to see what they would prefer as far as Partnership helping with various Continue reading →

Posted in PHC Services

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