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Diane Powers, MA

Latest:

Long-term Cost Effects of Collaborative Care for Late-life Depression

Older adults with depression and comorbidities who participated in a 12-month collaborative care program had lower total healthcare costs over 4 years than those in care as usual.


Mariana P. Carrera, PhD, MA

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Physician Prescribing Behavior and Its Impact on Patient-Level Outcomes

Physicians prescribe more broadly than commonly perceived. Although most physicians have a favorite drug, they are not reluctant to try new therapies.


Charles Michalopoulos, PhD

Latest:

Does Telephone Care Management Help Medicaid Beneficiaries With Depression?

Telephone care management increased mental health service use for Medicaid beneficiaries with depression but did not reduce depression severity. More intensive services may be needed.






Jonathan Lever

Latest:

Focusing on Prediabetes Is the Key to Reversing the Rise in Diabetes

Evidence-Based Diabetes Management invited the YMCA's Jonathan Lever, vice president for health strategy and innovation, to comment on his organization's involvement with the National Diabetes Prevention Program.


Donald E. Morisky, ScD

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New Medication Adherence Scale Versus Pharmacy Fill Rates in Seniors With Hypertension

Scores on a new medication adherence scale maintained a strong graded association with antihypertensive drug pharmacy fill adherence among community-dwelling seniors in a managed care organization.



Victor Olaolu Kolade, MD

Latest:

Extending the 5Cs: The Health Plan Tobacco Cessation Index

The Health Plan Tobacco Cessation Index-based on the 5C paradigm of Foldes & Manley-is introduced through a survey of New York plans.


Emily Levi, MPH

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Producing Comparable Cost and Quality Results From All-Payer Claims Databases

This paper describes a replicable process for standardizing disparate databases and methods to calculate cost and quality measures within and across states.




David L. Veenstra, PharmD, PhD

Latest:

Reimbursement for Genetic Variant Reinterpretation: Five Questions Payers Should Ask

Periodic reinterpretation of genetic sequencing results presents a challenge for developing transparent and systematic coverage and reimbursement policies.


Christoph U. Lehmann, MD

Latest:

No Time to Waste: Decreasing Patient Wait Times for Chemotherapy Administration Using Automated Prioritization in an Oncology Pharmacy System

Using a prioritization algorithm in an oncology pharmacy system at the Johns Hopkins University, patient wait times for chemotherapy administration were significantly decreased.



Ralph J. Riello III, PharmD

Latest:

Adverse Drug Effects Across Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review

This systematic literature review reports incidence of adverse drug effects associated with guideline-directed medical therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.


Kenneth Kupfer, PhD

Latest:

STABLE Results: Warfarin Home Monitoring Achieves Excellent INR Control

Real-world retrospective analysis of over 29,000 patients performing INR home monitoring for warfarin therapy shows excellent time in therapeutic range.



Aiju Men, MS

Latest:

Medicare Part D and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in the Elderly

High-risk drug use increased slightly among seniors gaining Medicare Part D coverage; however, high-risk drugs account for a small share of total drug use.


Dorothy Brockopp, PhD, RN

Latest:

Redesigning the Work of Case Management: Testing a Predictive Model for Readmission

New case management model achieves success in reducing readmissions and is easily duplicated across the Baptist Health System, Inc.




Christine Y. Lu, PhD

Latest:

Effect of High-Deductible Insurance on Health Care Use in Bipolar Disorder

High-deductible health plan members with bipolar disorder experienced a reduction in nonpsychiatrist mental health provider visits but no changes in other utilization.



Tracey A. LaPierre, PhD

Latest:

Medicaid Managed Care: Issues for Enrollees With Serious Mental Illness

The authors studied Kansas Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness and their experiences with integrated managed care and unmet needs.


Paul Russo, MD

Latest:

Cost of Care for Malignant and Benign Renal Masses

Methods for better identifying malignant versus benign disease before nephrectomy could provide significant benefits to patients and payers.



Chad Conley

Latest:

A Descriptive Study of Patients Receiving Foundational Financial Assistance Through Local Specialty Pharmacies

Local specialty pharmacies collaborated with a charitable assistance organization to provide a safety net and to facilitate care for patients with chronic illnesses, allowing them to focus on receiving and adhering to medication, rather than on financial toxicity.

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