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Financial Factors That Influenced Telemedicine Delivery During the COVID-19 PandemicThis study describes financial issues that influenced telemedicine provision and use for patients with chronic conditions and their providers during COVID-19.
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Patient-Reported Denials, Appeals, and Complaints: Associations With Overall Plan RatingsPatient ratings of plans and care were lower among beneficiaries filing complaints or reporting denied care. Appeals did not further predict ratings, but successful complaint resolution did.
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The Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative: Early Perceptions of Multi-Payer Reform in a Fragmented Provider LandscapeArkansas has implemented multi-payer payment reform incorporating both episodic and Patient-Centered Medical Home models. Early perceptions of a sample of stakeholders were largely positive to date.
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Population-Based Breast Cancer Screening in a Primary Care NetworkA health information technology system designed to facilitate population-based breast cancer screening increased mammography rates in overdue women beyond rates achieved with office-based reminders alone.
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A Longitudinal Examination of the Asthma Medication Ratio in ChildrenThis longitudinal examination of the asthma medication ratio in a national sample of children has determined the predictive accuracy of a rolling 3-month ratio.
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Hospitals’ Strategies to Reduce Costs and Improve Quality: Survey of Hospital LeadersHospitals pursue a broad range of efforts to improve quality, with those participating in bundled payments attempting to reduce postacute care to a greater degree than nonparticipants.
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Patient-Centered Teamwork in Care TransitionsPhysician-led patient care teams have the potential to impact care transitions to prevent fragmentation of care, and ensure seamless care delivery.
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How Health Insurance Providers Are Tackling Social Barriers to HealthWhen people are healthier, care is more affordable for everyone. For the healthcare industry, it is a common-sense decision to confront nonmedical factors that affect people’s health so dramatically.
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A Comparison of Administrative Claims–Based Risk Predictors for Pediatric AsthmaA comparison of claims-based asthma risk predictors in a national sample of children with Medicaid determines accuracy and informs risk predictor choice.
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Benefits and Risks of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine in Young ChildrenUse of live attenuated influenza vaccine in young children has a favorable benefit-risk profile.
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Impact of Compliance With Proton Pump Inhibitors on NSAID TreatmentPatients with gastroesophageal reflux disease who are compliant with proton pump inhibitor therapy stay on NSAIDs longer than noncompliant patients.
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Analysis of 2016 Connecticut ACO Medicare Shared Savings Program Data to Identify Opportunities for Population Health Pharmacist ServicesPublicly reported Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization (ACO) data can be analyzed to identify cost and medication-related quality performance improvement opportunities to support pharmacist integration into ACO population health services.
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VHA Pharmacy Use in Veterans With Medicare Drug CoverageGreater Medicare managed care benefit levels reduce both the likelihood and magnitude of Veterans Health Administration pharmacy use by Medicare dually enrolled veterans.
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Potential Role of Comanagement in Rescue of Surgical PatientsMedical comanagement of patients who had perioperative complications was associated with lower mortality, suggesting that comanagement may facilitate effective rescue.
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Patient Experience During a Large Primary Care Practice Transformation InitiativeFour years of practice transformation toward comprehensive primary care had little effect on patient experience.
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Will Regional Differences in Family Practice Procedures Impact Reimbursement Rates? A National Study of Medicare Part BAnalysis of 77,462 family practice providers showed large regional differences in types of procedures performed, and significant differences in submitted charges and payments, across regions.
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Switching from Multiple Daily Injections to CSII Pump Therapy: Insulin Expenditures in Type 2 DiabetesThe effect of switching from multiple daily insulin injections to an insulin pump on insulin and other diabetic drug expenditures in type 2 diabetes.
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Patient Outcomes Associated With Tailored Hospital Programs for Intellectual DisabilitiesPatients with intellectual disabilities who were cared for in hospitals without programs tailored to intellectual disabilities had 6% higher costs, and those with extreme admission severity had 42% higher costs.
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Employer-Led Efforts to Improve the Value of Health SpendingFindings from a systematic review show that employer-led efforts to date have produced few promising strategies for improving the value of health spending.
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Impact of a Pharmacy-Based Transitional Care Program on Hospital ReadmissionsPatients receiving postdischarge care from pharmacists had a 28% lower risk of readmission at 30 days and a 31.9% lower risk at 180 days compared with usual care.
