Vital Decisions: Vital Decisions to Support Florida Blue Medicare with Advanced Illness Planning Services

EDISON, NJ., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- When individuals are coping day-to-day with challenging health situations, planning for future care and making decisions takes additional encouragement and support. When that supportive intervention comes, it is consistently empowering. To improve the experience for its most vulnerable members, Florida Blue has partnered with Vital Decisions for unbiased telehealth outreach and support.For more than a decade, Vital Decisions' behavioral health specialists have helped people with advanced illness, and their families, to think through, communicate and document their preferences to ensure their care is always aligned with their wishes - now and in the future as medical circumstances change.Florida Blue Medicare has expanded its services with Vital Decisions' to offer the Living Well program to its Medicare Advantage population. Through a series of phone or video-conference sessions, Vital Decisions Specialists help individuals facing serious illness to be prepared and take control of their health care decisions. Those with a serious illness often feel overwhelmed by fear, anxiety and grief as their illness progresses. They worry about burdening loved ones, have concerns about differences between their wishes and family wishes, and may not have adequate communication of their care ...Full story available on Benzinga.com