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Coordinated Care is the Key to Better Health Management For Seniors Says Bristol Park Medical Group

The older we get, the more likely we are to need an array of specialists along with our personal physician to handle the medical issues that accompany the aging process.  If it “takes a village to raise a child,” it takes a Coordinated Care program like Medicare Advantage to provide the best healthcare for seniors.

Coordinated Care plans are based around a primary care physician who is responsible for managing (coordinating) your total care: routine and specialty treatment, prescription drugs, and hospital care. Many of the plans go beyond the basics provided by traditional Medicare by offering additional coverage for preventive care and screenings, wellness programs, vision, etc.

Without a coordinated care program, seniors are generally left to muddle through the complicated process of Medicare, supplements and free-standing drug plans on their own. The full responsibility of managing their healthcare falls on their shoulders because each physician they see is autonomous, with little or no communication or coordination among them.

Let’s look at Ruth’s story. On a fee-for-service Medicare supplement; she had a personal doctor and several specialists for various medical problems. No one doctor was responsible for reviewing or coordinating all her care. At 90+ years of age, her aches and pains were to be expected, but nobody anticipated a diagnosis of metastasized cancer after a fall sent her to the ER. Ruth was recently placed in hospice, too late for any treatment options.

Had Ruth been in a coordinated care plan, her primary care physician would have been overseeing all her care. Reports from the specialists would have come back to her physician for review and inclusion in her home-base medical records.  Hindsight is tricky, but perhaps her cancer might have been found early enough to offer some course of treatment, rather than no options at all.

But even a Coordinated Care plan is only as good as the physician administering the care. That’s why it is important tochoose a medical group/physician with a validated history of quality service and care, knowledge, and additional professional and technical support services/systems that can enhance the quality of a coordinated careplan. In addition to the highly trained, care coordination experienced Primary Care Physicians,Bristol Park Medical Group offers:

• 24 hour/7 days a week telephone advice nurses, for questions and concerns
• Designated Case Managers to help in the coordination of all levels of care
• On-site laboratory and routine x-rays
• Urgent care access with minimal co-pay and no pre-authorization
• Complimentary lifestyle lectures to help improve quality of life and health
• Same day appointments
• Electronic Medical Records

With over 48 years in business - 30 years working in Coordinated Care plans, it’s easy to see why Medicare Advantage plans and Bristol Park Medical Group are the ideal combination for senior healthcare.

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