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    How physician services are billed under Hospice

    Hospice requires that you sever your relationships with your previous doctors, all of them. The Hospice Group has a physician. That is your new doctor for everything. Hospice Care Coverage You can drop Hospice, see your old docs, then reenroll in hospice or switch to home health.
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    Hospice pros and cons

    Medicare.gov allows you to search for nonprofit hospice providers https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/results?searchType=Hospice&page=1&city=Houston&state=TX&zipcode=77099&ownershipType=Combination%20Government%20%26%20Non-Profit,Non-Profit,Government&qualityRatingAndUp=4&sort=alpha
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    Neurofilament question

    NfL is a generic marker of neurodegenerative disease. Along with both medium (NfM) & heavy chains (NfH). NfL can also be found elevated in AD, PD, MS, TBI & Ataxia patients. The actuals NfL levels found in an individual ALS patient vary by their progression rate. At this time there have not...
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    Introducing Myself - And Question about Guilt Over Delayed Diagnosis

    Nothing you could do if he didn't have insurance. You didn't mention why he was tested for C9. Did he have insurance then?
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    Husband’s slow progression. What to do next? Scared.

    First and foremost, you are blessed with slow Progression. You have seen that Dx is not easy. There are many mimics. Dx is a process of elimination. If possible, seek out a 3rd opinion at a different ALS Clinic. This is beyond the scope of a ' regular' neurologist. There is a biomarker often...
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    Trilogy End of Life Settings

    Only the Pulmonary Doc would change the Rx held in the Trilogy. Can you set up a televisit?
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    Medicare premiums and deductibles for 2023

    Caveat emptor - CMS does not admit wrongdoing. https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/cms-to-release-medicare-advantage-audits-in-response-to-lawsuit.html
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    Trial protocol

    https://www.houstonmethodist.org/leading-medicine-blog/articles/2022/sep/first-biomarkers-identified-to-measure-als-disease-progression-and-therapeutic-response/
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    Stem cells show promise in Phase I/IIa trial - CNS10-NPC-GDNF

    “Because [these stem cells] are engineered to release GDNF, we get a ‘double whammy’ approach where both the new cells and the [GDNF] protein could help dying motor neurons survive better in this disease,”...
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    CMS Opens Consideration for Seat Elevation Systems Coverage, A public comment period on seat elevation systems coverage is open until September 14.

    REMINDER TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT BY WEDNESDAY! We Need The ALS Community to Help Secure Medicare Coverage for Critical Wheelchair Technology
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