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Simone Singh, PhD

Latest:

Availability and Variation of Publicly Reported Prescription Drug Prices

Retail prices for commonly prescribed drugs are often absent from state prescription drug price websites, but when reported, can vary substantially.


Steven S. Fu, MD, MSCE

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Initial Results of a Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project: A Local Program Evaluation

Results, lessons, and challenges of a local lung cancer screening program within a national demonstration project.


Tracey Ryan, M.Eng

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Payer Management of Oncology Gets Serious

Health Plans Continue to Seek Methods to Curtail Cancer Costs


James Rothendler, MD

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Health Insurance Design and Conservative Therapy for Low Back Pain

This study examined the association between health insurance design features and choice of physical therapy or chiropractic care by patients with new-onset low back pain.


Alana Ketchel, MPP, MPH

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The Cost of Implementing Inpatient Bar Code Medication Administration

Bar code medication administration can be an effective and potentially cost-saving solution to prevent harmful medication administration errors in the community hospital setting.


Jonathan D. Ketcham, PhD

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How Similar Are States' Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists?

Comparison of the generosity and consistency of 10 states' Medicaid preferred drug lists for the top therapeutic classes revealed a large degree of inconsistency.





Jae Kennedy, PhD

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Implementation of Paperless Credentialing in a Multi-State Managed Care Organization

Institution of paperless credentialing is analyzed on a pre-/post-implementation basis to understand the impact on business and productivity.


Troy Richardson, PhD

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Measures of ED Utilization in a National Cohort of Children

Through analysis of multistate Medicaid data, this study identifies differences in 2 commonly used measures of emergency department (ED) utilization, ED visit count and ED reliance.


Emily Maxson, MD

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Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Association With Healthcare Quality and Costs

In the context of 2 primary care physician–led accountable care organizations, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits were associated with lower healthcare costs and improved clinical care quality for beneficiaries.





Kavita Patel, MD, MS

Latest:

Transforming Oncology Care: Payment and Delivery Reform for Person-Centered Care

The authors examine 4 alternative payment models for oncology care that shift away from fee-for-service and move progressively toward greater bundling, either across providers or across payments.




Thomas Seck, MD

Latest:

Compliance and Persistence With Concomitant Statin and Oral Antihyperglycemic Therapy

In patients with type 2 diabetes, compliance and persistence were generally low for both statin and antihyperglycemic therapy, but they were significantly lower with statin therapy.






Veena Shankaran, MD, MS

Latest:

Assessing Surveillance Utilization and Value in Commercially Insured Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Trends in surveillance testing after treatment for colorectal cancer remained relatively stable recently, and patients who overutilized surveillance measures had quicker recurrence detection but higher costs.


Carey C. Thomson, MD, MPH

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Thirty-Day Readmissions: Relationship to Physician Attending Type and Social Connectedness

This study examined patient clinical and demographic characteristics, healthcare system factors, and patients’ experiences of care associated with 30-day readmissions in a hospital with a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization.


Evan A. DeZeeuw, PharmD

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Impact of Telephonic Comprehensive Medication Reviews on Patient Outcomes

Discussion of current literature regarding the impact of telephonically delivered comprehensive medication reviews on patient outcomes, including mortality rates, hospital readmission rates, and healthcare expenditures.


Lindsay Kindler, PhD, RN

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Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care: Utilization and Electronic Medical Record Capture

Most patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain use acupuncture or chiropractic care. A substantial percentage of this utilization, however, is not captured by the electronic medical record.


Thaddeus Grasela, PharmD, PhD

Latest:

Individual Treatment Effects: Implications for Research, Clinical Practice, and Policy

A framework for researchers, providers, payers, or public health bodies identifies when it is most critical to distinguish between "average" population and individual patient response.

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