Overview
Linda Acurie, CRNP, is a nurse practitioner specializing in palliative medicine. She cares for adult patients and their families, helping them manage progressive and terminal illnesses. Besides helping those in her care manage symptoms, she also offers guidance with advanced care planning. “I see terminal patients during the last months of life for adequate pain and symptom management to allow for a dignified, peaceful death,” she says.|She attended the University of Cincinnati where she earned her nurse practitioner degree.|Ms. Acurie notes, “My practice specializes in end-of-life care and pain and symptom management focusing on not only physical pain, but emotional and spiritual pain as well. My unit of care is not only focused on the patient, but also on how the family, whomever that may be, is coping with impending loss and suffering.”|A native of Clarks Green, Pa., she enjoys running, cooking and reading in her spare time.
Her top area of expertise is Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
1800 Mulberry Street, Scranton, PA 18510
1800 Mulberry Street, Scranton, PA 18510
LVH Neurology-1250 Cedar Crest
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LVH Cardiology-1250 Cedar Crest
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Geisinger Wilkes Barre - Podiatry
Dr. Bernstein is a board-certified podiatrist with a subspecialty interest in wound care management. His clinical interests include limb salvage and peripheral nerve surgery of the lower extremities. Dr. Bernstein attended Temple University, where he received his degree in podiatric medicine. He completed his residency at Columbia Lakeview Regional Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgery and the American Board of Wound Management, and he is a member of the Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons. Mr. Bernstein is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Ledderhose Disease, Fibromatosis, Fungal Nail Infection, and Corns and Calluses.
Areas of Expertise
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- Experienced
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)