Medicare Doesn’t Cover Free At-Home Covid Tests, But You Still Have Other Options to Attain Free Ones
The Biden Administration’s new mandate that insurers cover the cost of at-home test did not include beneficiaries of Medicare. This is very unfortunate because Medicare recipients are the largest at-risk…
Care Partner Tips for Communicating with Healthcare Teams
Care Partner Tips for Communicating with Healthcare Teams from Patient Empowerment Network on Vimeo. Ensure that you are in a position to ask the right questions of your healthcare team….
Is There a Difference Between Care Partner vs Caregiver?
Is There a Difference Between Care Partner vs Caregiver? from Patient Empowerment Network on Vimeo. The term caregiver is generally more recognized around the world. Care partners Diahanna, Sherea, and…
How to Seek Help as a Care Partner
How to Seek Help as a Care Partner from Patient Empowerment Network on Vimeo. When in need of help care partners Diahanna, Sherea, and Patricia share that you should not…
How an MPN Care Partner Handles Burnout
How an MPN Care Partner Handles Burnout from Patient Empowerment Network on Vimeo. MPN Empowerment Leads Summer and Jeff discuss care partner burnout. Jeff is the caregiver of Summer who…
MPN Hero: Jeff Bushnell
The Patient Empowerment Network (PEN) is proud to congratulate and honor our dedicated and passionate Network Manager Jeff Bushnell, who is being recognized as an outstanding patient advocate. Jeff’s passion…
Managing Medical Mistrust: Creating a Healthy, Trust-Based System
If there’s anything “positive” that has come out of the pandemic, it’s that it has brought to light the many disparities that are still prevalent in healthcare. These have translated…
How an MPN Patient Resumes Exercise After Time-off
How an MPN Patient Resumes Exercise After Time-off from Patient Empowerment Network on Vimeo. MPN Network Managers Summer and Jeff talk about Summer’s journey to resuming exercise after a shingles…
Understanding the Oncology Care Model
Some of you may have received a letter from your oncologist notifying you that your oncologist is participating in a program called the Oncology Care Model. It was sent out…
Financial Fitness Workouts
It seems every day we’re being bombarded with ways to stay fit. there is always a new fitness program or a new types of fitness equipment that’s supposed to give…
Involving Patients in their Care: The Clinical Trial and Drug Development Processes
Patient involvement in every facet of healthcare is incredibly important in creating better patient outcomes. I believe this is especially true in the rare and chronic disease communities, including cancer….
Empowering One Another: Helping Your Healthcare Team Help You
Life is all about making choices, and I think the same could be said about cancer in some capacity. If we take the time to think about it, we have…