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Kamilia Smith, MD, FACOG, NCMP

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Closing Thoughts: Evolving Treatment Paradigms in Menopause Management

Panelists express their gratitude for the informative discussion and share their final thoughts on the evolving landscape of menopause management and the potential impact of new therapies on improving patient outcomes.



Daniel Marthey, PhD

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Affordable Care Act Enrollment in Texas After Rating Area Adjustments

Rural marketplace rating area change in Texas did not increase enrollment but increased share of enrollment in gold plans.


Raul E. Isturiz, MD

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Hospital Discharge Diagnosis Position: Impact on Adult Pneumonia Burden Estimates

Disease burden estimates of pneumonia-associated hospitalizations are more sensitive when including pneumonia coded in any diagnosis field vs in only the first discharge diagnosis field.


Sterling A. Harris, BA

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Costs for Commercially Insured Adults Prescribed Second-line Diabetes Medications

Adults with type 2 diabetes who received nonsulfonylurea medications had relative increases in total costs. Receiving newer medication classes led to relatively decreased medical costs.


Joe G. Zein, MD, PhD

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Diabetes Associated With Higher Health Care Utilization and Poor Outcomes After COPD-Related Hospitalizations

Patients with diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have worse outcomes when hospitalized and appear to be more vulnerable to respiratory and nonrespiratory complications after a COPD exacerbation, which highlights the need for targeted interventions in this population.


YiMin Chen, PhD

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Predicting Opioid Use Disorder and Associated Risk Factors in a Medicaid Managed Care Population

A Medicaid managed care organization developed a machine learning model to identify opioid use disorder (OUD) risk factors and predict OUD incidence in its multistate population.


Yiqiao Zhang, MS

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Impact of Food Affordability on Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalization

Medicaid enrollees residing in counties with greater food affordability had lower odds of preventable hospitalization related to diabetes.


Wei-Li Shao, MBA

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Contributor: How Can the US Health Care System Affordably and Fairly Expand GLP-1 Access for the Millions of People Who Need it?

Expanding coverage and access to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medication can be beneficial for all with the cooperation of multiple parties in health care.


Rodolfo J. Galindo, MD

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The Role of Advanced Technologies in Improving Diabetes Outcomes

This article reviews underlying barriers to health care access and discusses how a value-based diabetes care model could improve patient outcomes and reduce long-term costs.


Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MBA, MSc

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Impact of Electronic Information Exchange on Repeat Imaging During 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries

This analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease.


Alden Yuanhong Lai, PhD, MPH

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Addressing Evolving Patient Concerns Around Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era

With a rapid shift to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians, health care organizations, and policy makers must consider and address patients’ evolving needs, concerns, and expectations.


Nicole Hair, PhD

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Effect of Care Coordination on Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Their Caregivers

The authors investigated whether patient coordination and caregiver support for Alzheimer disease reduced health care utilization and expenditures among enrollees in the Memory Program in South Carolina.


Elizabeth Grush, MBA

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Ideal Patient-Centered Care Is Seamless, Supportive: Elizabeth Grush, MBA

Elizabeth Grush, MBA, speaks to the support, benefits, and holistic considerations that patient-centered care can provide for the betterment of patient experiences and outcomes.


Patrick Runnels, MD, MBA

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Longitudinal, Relationship-Based Case Management: A Prospective Cohort Trial

A longitudinal, relationship-based case management approach significantly reduced health care costs and improved quality of life for Medicaid enrollees with complex needs over 1 year.


Adam Boehler, BS

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Identifying Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 With Excess Disease Burden

A high-risk cohort of beneficiaries with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 have a profile similar to patients with CKD stages 4 and 5, indicating potential benefit of earlier nephrology intervention.


Andrew Thach, PhD

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Estimating the Economic Burden of Migraine on US Employers

The Migraine Impact Model is an interactive calculator that estimates migraine prevalence within a workforce and the associated economic burden of migraine on the employer.


Ashlyn Tom, MPH

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Physician Organizations’ Use of Behavioral Nudges to Influence Physician Behavior

Physician organizations are applying behavioral nudges to influence physician behavior; however, their use is limited to a narrow range of clinical applications.


Joseph Mikhael, MD

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Beyond EHA 2024: Promising Research in Multiple Myeloma to Watch

Dr. Mikhael discusses EHA 2024 data he found particularly noteworthy to share with colleagues.


Aileen S. Baecker, PhD

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Contemporary Care Patterns in the Management of Small Renal Masses

An investigation of management patterns after initial radiographic diagnosis of small renal masses showed that early urologist referral was associated with guideline-concordant care.


Hannah Earley

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A Multistakeholder Effort in Pennsylvania to Improve the Accuracy of Reporting Fatal Drug Overdoses

The authors describe a novel training program for death certifiers in Pennsylvania, which has been designed to specifically focus on some of the main challenges in the death certification process and resulted in a useful model that can potentially be adopted by other states or municipalities.


Megan A. Adams, MD, JD, MSc

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Impact of COVID-19 on Specialty Televisits in a Large Integrated Health Care System

Specialty televisits remain common in the Veterans Health Administration following the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting they will remain an important ongoing care modality for many patients.



Kiyomi Komori, PhD

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Reflecting on Global Pulmonary Medicine Insights at ATS 2025

Attendees at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 International Conference highlight global networking, scientific advancements, and professional development at this year's meeting.


Gwen Mergian

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Study Suggests Genetic Link Between HLA Alleles, MG

Two genes were shown to be significantly associated with higher prevalence of myasthenia gravis (MG), a relatively rare autoimmune disease.


Alexa J. Watach, PhD, RN

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Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure Use

Long-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.


Steph Karpinski, MS

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Predicting Hospitalizations for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

The authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.


Lauren C. LaMonica, MPH

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At-Home Hemoglobin A1c Testing During COVID-19 Improved Glycemic Control

Providing at-home hemoglobin A1c test kits increases testing rates and facilitates hemoglobin A1c reduction over time among members of a large commercial health plan with diabetes.


S. Akbar Husain, BS

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Differences in Spending for Diabetes and Multiple Chronic Conditions in Michigan Medicare Beneficiaries

Diabetes and multiple chronic conditions increase overall Medicare spending, but spending increases even more in minority beneficiaries compared with White beneficiaries with similar comorbidity combinations.

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