Aging Health Matters
This podcast will cover topics of interest to people who have Medicare. Episodes will include Medicare rights and health care. We hope you tune in for helpful tips that can improve the healthcare journey of you or someone you know.
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All future podcast episodes will say "Acentra Health" - while older episodes (those posted prior to July 1, 2024) will refer to "Kepro." Rest assured, that all content about our free services for people who have Medicare are accurate. Our name has changed, but our services remain exactly the same.
Acentra Health is a Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization, also referred to as a BFCC-QIO.
For more information about Acentra Health, please visit www.acentraqio.com.
Aging Health Matters
Health Literacy: Learn How to Find and Use Health Information
SUMMARY
As a contractor for Medicare, Kepro serves as the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization, also referred to as a BFCC-QIO. While Kepro provides BFCC-QIO services in 29 states, the general information is relevant to everyone who has Medicare (including Medicare Advantage) and everyone who works with people who have Medicare.
This episode is a conversation with our guest, Dr. Jessica Whitley, Chief Medical Officer from Kepro.
In this podcast, Dr. Whitley will share information about health literacy. She will give some tips on how to gather health information as well as sharing about disease prevention. There is also a summary of her advice: obtain, communicate, process, understand, and use with regard to health information.
For more information about Kepro BFCC-QIO, please visit www.keproqio.com.
KEY TOPICS
00:29: Overview, introduction of guest, Dr. Jessica Whitley
02:22: What is health literacy?
05:23: How to gather health information
17:07: Summarizing Dr. Whitley’s advice
19:28: Prevention
25:55: Final thoughts
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RESOURCES
BFCC-QIO Information for stakeholders: www.keproqio.com/partners
BFCC-QIO Information for people who have Medicare: www.keproqio.com/bene
Links Dr. Whitley noted:
Health literacy tools from the University of Maryland: www.guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu
Questions to ask your doctor and other tools to help you to be more involved with your care:
www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement
Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic
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Video Link: https://youtu.be/U78mgVaM12M
