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Diane Feeney Mahoney, PhD, APRN, BC, FGSA, FAAN

Latest:

"Under the Radar": Nurse Practitioner Prescribers and Pharmaceutical Industry Promotions

Nurse practitioner prescribers exhibited a high rate of contact with pharmaceutical industry promotional activities.



Danielle Bonadies, CGC, MS

Latest:

Forward-Thinking Insurers Adopt Genomics, Medicare Makes Perilous, Costly Leap Backward

Authors from My Gene Counsel discuss gaps in CMS reimbursement policy for genetic testing and counseling, in light of advances in guidelines from groups that include the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.



Elizabeth Richardson, MSc

Latest:

Value-Based Arrangements May Be More Prevalent Than Assumed

We surveyed biopharmaceutical manufacturers and payers to understand the prevalence and characteristics of value-based payment arrangements, as well as their implementation obstacles and success factors.








Grace Wong, MBA, MPH

Latest:

Emergency Department Use: A Reflection of Poor Primary Care Access?

An original emergency department patient survey, insurance claims data, and administrative records are used to examine the characteristics of nonurgent users.





Yang Qiu, MS

Latest:

Sofosbuvir Initial Therapy Abandonment and Manufacturer Coupons in a Commercially Insured Population

Member cost negatively affects initial medication adherence and manufacturer coupons can decrease member share by up to 98%.



Serena Roth, MD

Latest:

Unintended Consequences of a Quality Measure for Acute Bronchitis

A quality measure reduced antibiotic use for patients with acute bronchitis but led to use of an alternative diagnosis, offsetting most of the observed improvement.


J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH

Latest:

Potential Health Literacy Resources for Health Plans: A Narrative Review

Several evidence-based health literacy resources may be beneficial in health plan settings to improve organizational health literacy, personal health literacy, and health equity.


Ross G. Hewitt, MD

Latest:

Enhanced Care Coordination Improves HIV Viral Load Suppression Rates

Enhanced care coordination in New York City that leveraged surveillance data with a health plan’s Medicaid managed care roster improved its HIV viral load suppression rate.


Charlene E. McEvoy, MD, MPH

Latest:

Healthcare Utilization and Costs in Persons With Insomnia in a Managed Care Population

Patients with an insomnia diagnosis have higher healthcare utilization and costs than a matched control group, both before and after the diagnosis.



Miriam E. Sabin, PhD

Latest:

HCV Screening Practices and Prevalence in an MCO, 2000-2007

HCV screening and prevalence estimates, unadjusted and adjusted for HCV risk factors, are examined in this 8-year observational study of a managed care organization.



Jocelyn M. Vanderbrink, MHA

Latest:

Achieving a Culture of Health: Steps for Engaging State Government

Based on findings from a 2-state exploratory study, the authors articulate research-informed action steps for promoting state government roles in the pursuit of a culture of health.


Richard Lieberman, BA

Latest:

Health of Medicare Advantage Plan Enrollees at 1 Year After Hurricane Katrina

At 1 year after Hurricane Katrina, the health burden of enrollees increased significantly more versus a comparison group. Emergency department visits and hospitalizations remained elevated.


Katherine Reese, PharmD

Latest:

A Randomized, Pragmatic, Pharmacist-Led Intervention Reduced Opioids Following Orthopedic Surgery

This pharmacist-led, patient-directed intervention demonstrated a reduction in opioid dispensings in the 90 days following hip replacement but not knee replacement.



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