Peter and Kelly will discuss Hospital Expansion, and what it means for the industry, and the care you may receive. Also, this week's Did You Know segment marks May as Stroke Awareness Month.

Peter and Kelly discuss the increase in denials from Medicare Advantage Plans. Also, the doctors talk about the differences between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans.

Dr. Peter Brier and Nurse Practicioner Kelly McCormack discuss the increased cost of life-saving Insulin for patients and legislation aimed at reducing patient's cost for this medication.  They also take up the subject of pharmacy benefit managers, the go-between for insurance medication coverage: are they really needed or just a costly middleman?

In this episode of Medical Matters Podcast, Dr. Peter Brier and Nurse Practitioner Kelly McCormack discuss the issue of healthcare fraud, and its affects on the system. Also, an update on mask mandate.

Dr. Peter Brier and Nurse Practitioner Kelly McCormack discuss a decrease in life expectancy in Part 1 of this edition of the Medical Matters Podcast. In Part 2, they discuss the topic of convalescence, which has changed over centuries.

Dr. Peter Brier and Nurse Practitioner Kelly McCormack discuss the case of Randonda Vaught, a former nurse who was criminally convicted for a fatal drug error in 2017. 

Discussion of medical residents unionizing at a Massachusetts hospital residency program.

Discussion of the increase of alcoholism, alcohol abuse during the pandemic, and the consequences of alcohol on the body.

Discussion about "test to treat," the Oral COVID medication Paxlovid, and new variant worries.

Discussion about the increase in healthcare violence experienced by healthcare workers, especially since the COVID pandemic