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Overcoming Weight Bias in Health Care SystemsThis commentary calls for health care systems to deliver equitable care for people living with obesity by addressing weight bias and updating standards in obesity care.
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Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure UseLong-term tele-messaging was more effective than no messaging and short-term messaging for positive airway pressure use, and it was highly likely to be cost-effective with an acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold.
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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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Changes in Marketplace Competition and Television Advertising by InsurersThis study provides the first evidence on how Marketplace insurers are altering their marketing in response to changes in competitive pressure over time.
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Disparities in Health Care Use Among Low-Salary and High-Salary EmployeesLower-salary employees in high-deductible health plans underutilize outpatient care and overutilize emergency departments.
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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of ColorThe authors interrogate elements of routine medical practice in New York City to argue for reforms of hospital culture through relational trust-building capabilities of community health workers.
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Prevention and Management of COVID-19 in Hemodialysis CentersThis article gives recommendations for individual hemodialysis centers worldwide to ensure the safety and effectiveness of patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis based on the experience of such a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Sichuan province of China.
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The Role of Real-World Data in Advancing Value-Based Cancer Care: CK Wang, MDCK Wang, MD, chief medical officer of COTA, discusses how real-world data help identify disparities and gaps in cancer care.
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Impact of Expanded Carrier Screening on Health Care UtilizationThis study shows little evidence of harms or increased health care utilization for people receiving negative (normal) results of expanded carrier screening through genome sequencing.
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Gaps in the Coordination of Care for Older Adults With or at Risk for Cardiovascular DiseaseOlder adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or CVD risk factors report that gaps in communication among their providers are common and hazardous.
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Telemedicine Utilization and Preventive Services Among a Rural PopulationTelemedicine use in rural areas was associated with a higher likelihood of utilizing preventive services.
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Using Electronic Health Records and Claims Data to Identify High-risk Patients Likely to Benefit From Palliative CareDeep learning algorithms could improve palliative care by predicting mortality from electronic health records and claims data.
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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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High-Intensity Home-Based Rehabilitation in a Medicare Accountable Care OrganizationHigh-intensity home-based rehabilitation (HIHR) may substitute for facility-based postacute rehabilitation. Patients in HIHR had better functional outcomes at lower costs than patients in facility-based care.
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Cost Sharing for Oral Lenvatinib Among Commercially Insured PatientsAmong a cohort of insured patients with cancer, the median total monthly cost of oral lenvatinib was $17,253, and 75% of patients paid $100 or less out of pocket per month for the drug.
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Mental Health Care Use After Leaving Medicare Advantage for Traditional MedicareMedicare Advantage beneficiaries with mental health diagnoses see more nurse practitioners and fewer internal medicine and emergency medicine specialists after switching to traditional Medicare.
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Assessing Opportunities to Advance Quality Measures in Adult ObesityObesity is a serious chronic disease and risk factor for a broad range of outcomes. This study identifies opportunities for improving quality in obesity care.
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Demographic Disparities in Video Visit Telemetry: Understanding Telemedicine UtilizationA stratified demographics analysis of video visit telemetry data reveals that age older than 65 years and African American/Black race are associated with higher video visit failure rates, whereas language, sex, and ethnicity are not.
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Development and Validation of the COVID-19 Hospitalized Patient Deterioration IndexThe authors developed and validated an accurate, well-calibrated, easy-to-implement COVID-19 hospitalized patient deterioration index to identify patients at high or low risk of clinical deterioration.
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KYV-101 Achieves Durable Response in Myasthenia GravisKYV-101 shows promising efficacy in treating generalized myasthenia gravis, achieving significant symptom reduction and demonstrating a novel CAR T-cell approach.
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Linvoseltamab Approval Expands Access, Increases Competition in BCMA Bispecifics Space: Sundar Jagannath, MBBSFollowing the FDA approval of linvoseltamab (Lynozyfic; Regeneron) for heavily pretreated multiple myeloma, Sundar Jagannath, MBBS, highlights its potential for earlier use, increased accessibility, and greater competition in the B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) bispecific antibody space.
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The Impact of Outliers on Available Resources in a Teaching Hospital in ColombiaThis letter describes the experience of long-stay patients and provides a perspective of the need for more studies on outliers’ impact on health care.
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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of ColorThe authors interrogate elements of routine medical practice in New York City to argue for reforms of hospital culture through relational trust-building capabilities of community health workers.
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Treatment Modification After Initiating Second-Line Medication for Type 2 DiabetesAmong adults with type 2 diabetes who started noninsulin second-line therapy, most modified treatment within 1 year. Discontinuation was by far the most common modification.
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Improving Pain Clinic Outcomes With Preappointment Surveys: Data-Driven Policy ChangeImplementing a policy change to require preappointment surveys before scheduling initial clinic evaluations can improve wait-list times and show rates.
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Potential Health Literacy Resources for Health Plans: A Narrative ReviewSeveral evidence-based health literacy resources may be beneficial in health plan settings to improve organizational health literacy, personal health literacy, and health equity.
