Medicare Nation

Welcome Medicare Nation!  After last week’s show with Dr. Jeffrey Burns, I wanted to bring a guest on the show that could talk to us about her experience with the lack of care coordination with Medicare. Melissa’s Mother fell and broke her hip before Christmas. At only 67, ended up having surgery and being in the hospital and then in a skilled nursing facility. At home she had outpatient therapy.   Melissa shares the following about her Mother’s experience:   She went to stay with her Mother during this time - she lived 4 hours away She felt like she would just provide companionship and help her Mom get back on her feet She quickly realized she would have to be a patient advocate for her Mother She found out that the care for her Mom was good, but communication was terrible She tried to follow up on her Mom's care on a daily basis, but it was overwhelming Melissa wasn’t exactly sure of the medicine her Mother took on a daily basis Melissa didn’t have all the information available about the Doctors that her M