#172 Cost-of-Care Conversations

  Recognize the importance of cost-of-care conversations and identify resources to facilitate these discussions with help from Gwen Darien, executive vice president at the National Patient Advocate Foundation, and Dr.  Jessica Dine, Associate Professor and Chief of the division of Pulmonology and Critical Care at Perelman School of Medicine.  We review barriers to cost-of-care conversations and identify tools to help make these conversations a part of routine care discussions.  Full show notes at https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at [email protected]. Credits Written and Produced by: Elena Gibson, MD Infographic and Cover Art: Elena Gibson, MD Hosts: Elena Gibson MD; Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP   Editor: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Emi Okamoto MD  Guest: Gwen Darien and Jessica Dine MD Partners and Grant Support The American College of Physicians. Check out this supplement to the Annals of Internal Medicine from May 2019 on Fostering Productive Health Care Cost Conversations https://annals.org/aim/issue/937992 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation https://www.rwjf.org provided grant support for this episode.