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Aimee Loucks, PharmD

Latest:

Evaluation of Value-Based Insurance Design With a Large Retail Employer

Retrospective analysis of value-based insurance design (VBID) showed the potential for VBID to improve adherence and reduce utilization and costs with active disease management counseling.



David Parker, PhD

Latest:

Improving Population Health Through Multistakeholder Partnerships

Improving population health requires developing innovative multistakeholder partnerships to enable mining and cross-leveraging data sets, creating patient touchpoint “ecosystems,” and aligning investments with each stakeholder’s returns.


Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc

Latest:

Knowledge Gaps Inhibit Health IT Development for Coordinating Complex Patients' Care

This study examines the leading edge of health information technology used to coordinate the care of complex patients.


Daniel Cohen, MA

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Vagal Nerve Blocking for Morbid Obesity

This lifetime economic analysis demonstrates vagal nerve blocking therapy to be a cost-effective alternative to conventional therapy in class 2 and 3 obesity patients.




Amy T. Ball, PharmD

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Impact of Celecoxib Restrictions in Medicare Beneficiaries With Arthritis

A formulary restriction policy in a Medicare population was associated with lower celecoxib utilization; however, higher gastrointestinal- and arthritis-related medical costs were observed.


Tracy H. Urech, MPH

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Impact of Clinical Complexity on the Quality of Diabetes Care

We examined the impact of clinical complexity defined by comorbidity count and illness burden on comprehensive diabetes care, including blood pressure, glycemic, and lipid management.


Kim Breidenbach, MD, MPH

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A Team Approach to Systematic Behavioral Screening and Intervention

Expanding primary care teams with trained and supported paraprofessionals enables systematic delivery of widely recommended, evidence-based, cost-saving alcohol, drug, and depression screening and intervention services.


Gaurav Deshpande, PhD, MS

Latest:

Impact of Medical and/or Pharmacy Reimbursement on Adult Vaccination Rates

By covering vaccinations under both the medical and pharmacy benefit, rather than the medical benefit alone, health insurers can help improve adult vaccination rates.



Joe Feinglass, PhD

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Potential Role of Comanagement in Rescue of Surgical Patients

Medical comanagement of patients who had perioperative complications was associated with lower mortality, suggesting that comanagement may facilitate effective rescue.


Marcus A. Parton, SB

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USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines: An Extended Look at Multi-Year Interval Testing

Re-analysis of US Preventive Services Task Force colorectal cancer screening guidelines shows that every-3-year screening with multi-target sDNA could address poor performance of recommended annual testing.


James E. Aikens, PhD

Latest:

Depression Self-Management Assistance Using Automated Telephonic Assessments and Social Support

Automated patient support calls with feedback to informal caregivers and clinicians represent a viable strategy for increasing access to depression monitoring and self-management assistance.






Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA

Latest:

US Employee Wellness Programs and Access to Obesity Treatment in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Employer policies for access to maximum benefits do not always match those for access to obesity therapy.





Engagement, National Patient Advocate Foundation and Patient Advocate Foundation

Latest:

Language Matters: Talking About Low-Value Healthcare With Patients

Ensuring that patients get high-value care is critical, but value can have different meanings to patients and providers. It is important to know what matters to patients and to use language that reflects those values.


Alex Morin, MS

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Collaborative Care Before Accountable Care: Achieving Low-Cost, High-Quality Care Through a Regional Collaborative in Florida

As accountable care organizations proliferate across the nation, delivery systems still struggle to balance quality improvement, cost containment, and migration toward accountable care. This paper describes the phased approach where the University of Florida Health Science Center and Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc, and Orlando Health have jointly developed a series of clinical and health services that are of the highest quality and are offered at the lowest cost. The result is a regional collaborative that will be the foundation for a regional accountable care organization, first leveraging clinical core competencies, then moving to a more integrated model.


Donatus U. Ekwueme, PhD

Latest:

State-Level Projections of Cancer-Related Medical Care Costs: 2010 to 2020

State-level estimates of the number of people treated for cancer and the average cost of their treatment by state from 2010 through 2020.


Kathryn Pollak, PhD

Latest:

Why Palliative Care Is the Answer to the Serious Illness Question in Payment Reform

Whether it is through enlisting primary providers, building a champion workforce, or hiring more specialist consultants, there is no question that palliative programming must be at the heart of our healthcare system’s quality transformation.




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