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Alisha Baines Simon, MS

Latest:

Improving Endoscopy Completion: Effectiveness of an Interactive Voice Response System

An interactive voice response system is as effective as nurse phone calls for ensuring that patients attend appointments and are adequately prepared for endoscopy examinations.


John Fastenau, MPH, RPh

Latest:

Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies and Imprisonment Among Patients With Schizophrenia

This study examined the impact of prior authorization formularies on the likelihood that patients with schizophrenia will be arrested and incarcerated.



Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD

Latest:

Economic Value of Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation for Reducing Medication Errors After Hospital Discharge

The results of this simulation model suggest that implementing a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention at hospital discharge could be cost-saving compared with usual care.



John Lovelace, MS

Latest:

Connected Care: Improving Outcomes for Adults With Serious Mental Illness

Case study of a payer-led intervention to improve coordination of care for adult Medicaid beneficiaries with serious mental illness.





Celia Wills, PhD, RN

Latest:

Testing of a Tethered Personal Health Record Framework for Early End-of-Life Discussions

Pilot testing demonstrates the use of a novel, personal health record—based framework used in primary care settings may improve presence and quality of advance care planning documentation in the electronic health record.


Vindell Washington, MD, MS

Latest:

Value-Based Insurance Design in Louisiana: Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Zero Dollar Co-pay Program

Enrollment in a value-based insurance design program that eliminated pharmacy co-pays for 4 chronic disease drug classes was associated with a large decline in health care spending.



Kristen Lloyd, MPH

Latest:

Hospital Responses to DSRIP Program Reforms in New Jersey

This study examines the New Jersey Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program using hospital web surveys and key informant interviews and finds progress toward data-driven population health management for low-income patients.


Jean Yoon, PhD, MHS

Latest:

Impact of Primary Care Intensive Management on Medication Adherence and Adjustments

The Veterans Health Administration implemented primary care intensive management for high-risk patients. Impacts of this program on patients’ medication adherence and adjustments were modest.




Phyllis Brawarsky, MPH

Latest:

Medical Home Transformation and Breast Cancer Screening

Breast cancer screening may not improve in early medical home implementation.


Kristen A. Kirkland, PhD

Latest:

Effectiveness of Care Coordination and Health Counseling in Advancing Illness

This prospective trial suggests that specialized care coordination and health counseling for patients coping with advanced stages of 4 life-limiting illnesses can be beneficial.



Shan He, PhD

Latest:

Enhancing Patient and Family Engagement Through Meaningful Use Stage 3: Opportunities and Barriers to Implementation

Two leading US health systems attempted to implement 4 draft objectives for Meaningful Use Stage 3 within their health IT infrastructure to provide feedback on needed enhancements to the policy.



Noam Kirson, PhD

Latest:

Insurance Switching and Mismatch Between the Costs and Benefits of New Technologies

Transformative therapies with high up-front costs will exacerbate the need to address gaps between payers when costs and benefits occur at different times.


Lisa Schlager

Latest:

The Impact of Germline Testing for Hereditary Cancer Postdiagnosis

Authors from Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), a nonprofit organization focused on hereditary cancer, discuss the importance of genetic testing, guidelines, and coverage considerations.



Erin P. Finley, PhD

Latest:

Gender Differences in Newly Separated Veterans’ Use of Healthcare

A survey of veterans leaving the military in 2016 found that women may be underserved by the Veterans Health Administration and may need housing assistance.


Mary Pat Gallagher, MD

Latest:

Mental Health Care in Pediatric Diabetes: Overcoming Challenges and Barriers

The American Diabetes Association recently recognized the important role that psychosocial care plays in diabetes management. Addressing behavioral health needs at all stages of development in youth with diabetes is critical.


Deborah C. Zimmerman, MD

Latest:

The Accountable Primary Care Model: Beyond Medical Home 2.0

The new Accountable Primary Care Model delivers Triple Aim-like outcomes. This model is empirical, measurable, programmatic, scalable, and transplantable.


Lindsay M. Sabik, PhD

Latest:

Comparison of Primary Payer in Cancer Registry and Discharge Data

Enrollment in managed care among Medicaid enrollees presents challenges to classifying Medicaid coverage in cancer registries.


Brian Mittman, PhD

Latest:

Innovative Approach to Patient-Centered Care Coordination in Primary Care Practices

Description of a program embedding nonlicensed care coordinators in primary care practices including training, interventions, and the effect of the program on emergency department visits.

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