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Specialties

Healthcare Reimbursement and Practice Management
Navigating the rapidly changing healthcare system poses a difficult challenge for both patients and providers. I provide consultation on geriatric psychiatry program development, insurance claims coding, documentation, and fraud and abuse prevention.

Geriatric Medical Psychiatry
Geriatric medical psychiatry uses an holistic approach to diagnosing and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral problems of old age. The onset of psychiatric problems in old age often is triggered by physical changes of aging, common medical and neurological illnesses, or medications. Effective treatment necessitates careful evaluation of these factors as well as recent social and functional changes.

Elder Law and Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatric disorders common among the elderly can impair decision making ability. Subspecialty expertise is helpful in assessing capacity to manage personal affairs, consent to medical treatment, issue advance directives, and make wills. Proper evaluation sometimes uncovers opportunities for treatment that can improve or restore decision making capacity.

Care Philosophy

Mental and emotional problems are NOT a normal part of old age. The mission of the Moak Center is to help older people and their families to live the healthiest life possible. While not all health problems of old age can be cured, something helpful usually can be done for patients and their families. Old people deserve to have knowledgeable and thoughtful care.