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Policy Changes Are Needed to Further Reduce Perioperative Opioid UseEfforts to close existing policy gaps and misaligned payment practices in current opioid management practices can promote greater utilization of multimodal opioid-sparing pain management options.
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Opioid Safety Initiative Associated With Decreased Emergency Department Opioid PrescribingA scalable health system–wide emergency physician education and feedback initiative was associated with decreased opioid prescribing, in excess of background temporal decline.
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The Essential Role of Population Health During and Beyond COVID-19The authors detail how population health management enables health systems to promote public health, strengthen health system resiliency, and support financial recovery during and beyond coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Process Reengineering and Patient-Centered Approach Strengthen Efficiency in Specialized CareImproving efficiency is complex and requires a multimodal approach. Health information systems, patient feedback, and multidisciplinary teams are components that can improve clinical processes.
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Despite Concerns Over Extrapolation, Bevacizumab Biosimilars Are Widely Used in mCRCA review article investigating the use of bevacizumab biosimilars found that despite lingering concerns about their usage for extrapolated indications, bevacizumab biosimilars are regularly used in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) even though clinical tests only evaluate them in patients with lung cancer.
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Contributor: Improving Seniors’ Health and Outcomes With a Value-Based Care Team ApproachA value-based care team approach can be utilized to adequately treat patients’ medical problems, particularly by addressing the social, economic, and environmental challenges they’re facing in their everyday lives.
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A Health Economic Evaluation of Digital Digestive Care ManagementChronic gastrointestinal disorders are common and costly for employers. Use of a digital digestive care program was associated with reduced health care spending.
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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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Contributor: Technology, Supplemental Services in MA Can Help Improve Participant HealthSocial determinants of health present many health-related challenges for Medicare Advantage (MA) plan members, something these plans are looking to overcome by diversifying their service offerings.
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Contributor: Giving Clinicians Top-line Data to Help Manage Chronic ConditionsTo accurately understand the progression or control of a condition, physicians require ready access to key indicators relevant to that illness. The industry should do a better job of making them available.
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Intersection of Complexity and High Utilization Among Health Center Patients Aged 18 to 64 YearsThis paper utilizes latent class analysis to identify subgroups of complex conditions and of super-utilizers among health center patients to inform clinically tailored efforts.
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Evaluating Smoking Cessation Service at an Emergency Department Clinical Observation UnitThis study aimed to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation service in a group of patients admitted to a short-stay unit in the emergency department.
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Contributor: Using Technology to Streamline Enrollment Into Available Medicare Subsidy ProgramsMedicare Advantage plans can drive significant, sustainable, and scalable improvements to health outcomes; reduce cost; and boost retention and top-line revenue by enrolling beneficiaries into the comprehensive set of state and federal low-income programs available to them.
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Influence of Prior Authorization Requirements on Provider Clinical Decision-MakingAn online survey identified that documentation requirements and communication issues with health plans are associated with providers modifying clinical decisions to avoid medication prior authorization.
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New Frontline Strategies for Advanced Gastric Cancer: Dani Castillo, MDDani Castillo, MD, sheds light on the evolving landscape of first-line therapy in advanced gastric cancer.
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HEDIS Glycemic Goal Achieved Using Control-IQ TechnologyA greater proportion of patients with type 1 diabetes who used automated insulin delivery systems vs multiple daily injections achieved the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) glycemic measure.
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Oncologists’ Perceptions and Utilization of US Therapeutic Oncology BiosimilarsBiosimilar use in clinical practice is determined by oncologists’ perceptions of and willingness to prescribe them. The authors investigated US oncologists’ perceptions and use of biosimilars.
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Searching for the Policy-Relevant Treatment Effect in Medicare’s ACO EvaluationsThe authors discuss multiple challenges to the production of policy-relevant results from evaluation of Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs).
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Modeling of an Alternative Reimbursement Method for Palliative CareThe authors modeled a version of the Patient and Caregiver Support for Serious Illness alternative reimbursement structure for palliative care using data from the Statin Trial.
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Improving Clinical Trial Diversity Through Language-Inclusive Approaches: Daniel Virnich, MDDaniel Virnich, MD, highlights the need for proactive social determinants of health screening, language-inclusive clinical trial practices, value-based treatment decisions, and policy reforms to improve equitable access to cancer care.
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Social Determinants of Health Score: Does It Help Identify Those at Higher Cardiovascular Risk?Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health.
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Affordable Care Act Enrollment in Texas After Rating Area AdjustmentsRural marketplace rating area change in Texas did not increase enrollment but increased share of enrollment in gold plans.
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Sex Differences in Medicare Beneficiaries’ Experiences by Low-Income StatusOnly low-income male Medicare beneficiaries had worse patient experience than their female counterparts. The authors discuss opportunities to improve experiences for all patients.
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TROPION-Breast01: The Evolving Role of TROP2-Directed ADCs in Breast CancerAditya Bardia, MD, MPH, FASCO, medical oncologist, UCLA Health, provides new insights on the role of TROP2-directed antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) for patients with breast cancer.
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Effective Prevention and Management of COVID-19 in Outpatient Hemodialysis PatientsThe authors introduce a mobile phone app that may effectively prevent and manage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in outpatient hemodialysis patients in Sichuan Province, China.
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Patient Perspectives on Technology-Based Approaches to Social Needs ScreeningPatients are essential stakeholders in designing systems to capture social needs. The authors present key findings from patient interviews regarding social needs screening through technology-based modalities.
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Discharge Timing and Associations With Outcomes Following Heart Failure HospitalizationA retrospective multicenter study found that patients with heart failure discharged by noon had higher short- and long-term mortality and increased early readmission rates compared with afternoon discharges.
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COCOON Shows How Prophylactic AE Management Boosts QOL When Treating NSCLC With Amivantamab Plus LazertinibThe COCOON trial reveals that prophylactic treatment reduces dermatological adverse events in NSCLC patients, enhancing their quality of life during amivantamab therapy.
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The Essential Role of Population Health During and Beyond COVID-19The authors detail how population health management enables health systems to promote public health, strengthen health system resiliency, and support financial recovery during and beyond coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
