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where you can find the podcast
Visit the podcast website to find additional places where you can find the Aging Health Matters podcast (e.g., Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts).
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about acentra health
As a Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO), Acentra Health provides free services to people with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), as well as their families and representatives, that help with these types of questions:
- Were you (or a family member) admitted to the hospital and are being discharged but aren’t ready to go home?
- Are your Medicare skilled services – such as physical therapy – ending too soon?
- What can you do if you are concerned about the quality of care you received from your hospital, doctors, or others?
- Do you need a concern about your medical care taken care of right away?
about the podcast
One way you can learn more about these free services, as well as other healthcare topics, is by tuning in to Acentra Health's new podcast: Aging Health Matters.
Podcasts are audio files that you can download or listen to on the Internet. Each audio recording is called a podcast episode.
Listeners will get tips that can help improve their healthcare journeys. Your podcast host - Acentra Health - is joined by guests to have open conversations that are aimed at making life a little bit easier.
episodes
Listen to episodes on the podcast website by clicking on the episode links below. You can also find the Aging Health Matters podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Please note that you will still hear Kepro in the following episodes as we are still transitioning to our new name.
episode 21: american heart month podcast 1 - learn about heart disease
Our guest will share information on different types of heart disease and symptoms of the different types.
Guest: Jessica Whitley, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer for Kepro
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 22: american heart month podcast 2 - learn ways to prevent heart disease
Our guest will share information about things you can do to help prevent heart disease. She shares about lifestyle changes and ways you can monitor the risks that you have.
Guest: Jessica Whitley, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer for Kepro
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 23: learn about end-stage renal disease (esrd) and the esrd network
Our guest will share information about end-stage renal disease and how it is diagnosed. She will also explain why Medicare focuses on ESRD. She will provide information on the ESRD Network as well as other Medicare contractors that work with ESRD.
Guest: Sara Eve Schaeffer, MBA, MA, RD, Director, HSAG
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 24: learn about health care in the hispanic community - challenges and solutions
Our guest will share information about the groups that make up the Hispanic population, health risks in that population, and ways to improve health outcomes.
Guest: Amy Hagel, SHINE Liaison and Volunteer Manager at the Senior Connection Center
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 25: medicare 101 - learn about the basics of medicare
Our guest will share information about Medicare Parts A, B, C (Medicare Advantage), and Part D (prescription drug plan).
Guest: Juan Garcia, Health Insurance Specialist, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Region 10 Seattle
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 26: intro to acentra health - learn about our free services for medicare beneficiaries
Our guests will share information about beneficiary complaints, hospital discharge and skilled service termination appeals, Immediate Advocacy, and Immediate Advocacy Discharge Assistance.
Guests: Cheryl Cook, RN, Program Director
Rose Hartnett, RN, MS, Operations Director for Appeals
David Miller, MHA, RN, Operations Director for Beneficiary Complaints and Immediate Advocacy
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 27: medicare assistance programs
Our guest will share information about the assistance programs that are available for Medicare beneficiaries.
Guest: Jeff Young, Outreach and Education Specialist, CMS Region 10
Listen: Apple Podcasts
episode 28: open enrollment - helping people with medicare make the best decisions for their health
Our guest will share information about the Medicare Open Enrollment process and how to get assistance with making those decisions.
Listen: Apple Podcasts
