SOSMagAprilJune2022

Understanding your goals is the first step in providing personalized financial advice to help you reach them. I take the time to know what you’re looking forward to, as well as what your challenges are, to help you build the financial future you want. Any financial advisor can know the markets. I know my clients. Not Federally Insured | No Financial Institution Guarantee | May Lose Value Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. Member FINRA and SIPC. © 2021 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. All rights reserved. Call me today to get started 419.624.0606 Marie T. Shultz CRPC®, APMA®, CLTC® Financial Advisor Elmlinger & Associates A financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC 1604 E Perkins Ave, Suite 109 Sandusky, OH 44870 marie.t.shultz@ampf.com ameripriseadvisors.com/marie.t.shultz CA Insurance #4096706 AR license #8982614 Gone are the days when a retiree shows up for a healthcare appointment, produces their Medicare card and hears the words – The doctor will see you now. It is no longer that simple. I interviewed Dr. Robert Vaschak, who explained why physician practices, now employ Nurse Practitioners (NP’s) and Physician Assistants (PA’s). Both are trained and licensed to provide care for many disease processes; and they can render care equivalent to that of a doctor, for a specific level of routine care. Dr. Vaschak listed several of the demands on health care professionals that has led to the “team approach” of using NP’s and PA’s as part of patient care. Due to space limitations, I will only cover two of the causes. 1) Easy to Understand Patient Notes. Doctors/PA’s/NP’s have to document in a manner that is understandable for the patient. This has increased the amount of time spent on documenting on a patient’s office visit. 2) Wellness Visits Required. Many insurance companies /Medicare programs penalize doctors for not performing wellness visits - at any age. This leads to an increased Doctor Explains Why Your Primary Care is Changing number of people/appointments. In turn, it displaces time otherwise spent for follow-up visits with patients who have chronic health problems (i.e., high blood pressure, diabetes, congestive heart failure, etc..). Vaschak explained, “This is why there is a team approach for primary care. The use of PA’s and NP’s positions health care practices so they can see patients when they want or need to be seen,” he said. To hear more from Dr. Vaschak, about “Why Primary Care is Changing and How to Navigate It,” register to attend this forum. Date/Time: June, 16 1:30pm – 3 pm Location: Erie County Office Building, 3rd Floor, 247 Columbus Ave, (downtown) – Sandusky. An audience of 30 or more is required to justify the doctor’s time. Register no later than June 9 via Mail@ServingOurSeniors.org or 419-624-1856. Tell us your name, phone number and the name of this event. If the forum is cancelled for any reason you will be notified by telephone. 5