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McKnights Newsmaker Podcast: Joel Theisen, CEO, Lifespark

  • May 27, 2022
  • Meaghan Puglisi
  • 1-min Read

Providers and payers are realizing that keeping patients healthy goes beyond addressing their medical needs. Nutrition, transportation and social engagement are equally important. Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen talks to McKnight’s Home Care Daily Pulse about the importance of addressing social determinants of health.

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