HJNO Nov/Dec 2025

+ 12 Contents November / December 2025 I Vol. 14, No. 6 DEPARTMENTS Healthcare Briefs ................................................................................. 36 Hospital Rounds .................................................................................. 48 Ad Index .................................................................................................... 50 CORRESPONDENTS Nursing ...................................................................................................... 38 Medicaid .................................................................................................. 40 Children’s Health ................................................................................ 42 Senior Health ........................................................................................ 44 Medical Society .................................................................................... 46 FEATURES What’s Wrong with Healthcare? Part 5: Me vs. We — Us vs. Them ........................ 8 Kenny J. Cole, MD, MHCDS Value-Based Healthcare Correspondent Inside the White House Autism Briefing and the Ripple Effects Now Reaching Exam Rooms Across New Orleans .................... 14 Caring Together: Integrating Rights, Workforce, and Reform for Better Aging Outcomes .......................................... 26 Part 1 — The Medical Team/Ombudsman Collaboration: A Winning Approach to Older Adult Care Beverly Gianna, MA, MAG Gerontologist | Long-Term Care Ombudsman FEATURED COLUMN Physician-Led Public Health Advocacy: Standing Up for Vaccinations in Louisiana ..................................................................... 46 Josh Lowentritt, MD President-Elect, Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana 14 46 © USHJ 2025