ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 259 - How Imagine Pediatrics is Revolutionizing In-Home Medical Care for Medically Complex Kids and Lightening the Load for Families - w/ Taylor Beery & Jody Copp
Reimagining Pediatric Care with Imagine Pediatrics
For families of medically complex kids, the healthcare system often feels broken—long hospital stays, insurance battles for basic needs, and constant caregiving without real support. But what if there was a better way?
In this episode, I’m joined by Taylor Beery, co-founder of Imagine Pediatrics, Jody Copp, a full-time rare disease dad of two boys with Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency type 13 associated with a mutation in the PNPT1 gene and whose family has experienced firsthand the impact of their care model. Imagine Pediatrics is changing the game by providing 24/7, in-home, virtual-first medical care designed to keep kids safe at home—not in the hospital.
He also has a rad foundation that we will chat about in a future episode: Raising Wheels Foundation
If you are in Texas, Florida, and District of Columbia you have access to Imagine Pediatrics!
We discuss:
💙 The problems with the current healthcare system for medically complex kids
💙 Why "safe days at home" should be the goal of pediatric care
💙 How Imagine Pediatrics partners with families rather than making them fight for care
💙 The economic case for home-based care and why insurance should want this model
💙 Walker’s legacy— how Taylor’s son inspired a movement to improve pediatric healthcare Kids Join the Fight
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