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John B. Watkins, PharmD, MPH, BCPS

Latest:

Impact of a Value-Based Formulary in Three Chronic Disease Cohorts

A value-based formulary was implemented that used cost-effectiveness analysis to inform medication co-payments. Diabetes cohort expenditures decreased by $9 per member per month.


Diana M. Sobieraj, PharmD

Latest:

US Prevalence of Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms: A Systematic Literature Review

Systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that upper gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders are common to inhabitants of the United States.


Jim Jones, MBA

Latest:

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.


Maxim Topaz, PhD, MA, RN

Latest:

Higher 30-Day and 60-Day Readmissions Among Patients Who Refuse Post Acute Care Services

Although patients who refuse post acute care services are relatively young, well educated, and healthy, they are twice as likely to have 30- and 60-day readmissions compared with acceptors of services.


Ann E. Dowling, BSN, RN

Latest:

Excess Hospitalization Days in an Academic Medical Center: Perceptions of Hospitalists and Discharge Planners

We assessed the frequency of and reasons for medically unnecessary hospital days, which affect patients, payers, hospitals, and healthcare providers.


Martin F. Shapiro, MD, PhD

Latest:

Physician Variation in Lung Cancer Treatment at the End of Life

Patients receiving care for advanced non—small cell lung cancer in small, independent oncology practices are more likely to receive chemotherapy in the last 30 days of life.


Gary J. Young, PhD, JD

Latest:

Impact of Hospital-Physician Integration on Medicare Patient Mix

This study found no evidence that hospital employment of physicians resulted in physicians treating sicker patients, undercutting claims that hospital-employed physicians serve a higher-acuity patient mix.




Celia Proctor, PharmD, MBA

Latest:

Limited Distribution Networks Stifle Competition in the Generic and Biosimilar Drug Industries

A limited distribution network is a pharmaceutical distribution strategy that some drug companies have capitalized upon to obstruct generic and biosimilar competition.






Adam Tremblay, MD

Latest:

Measuring Patient-Centered Medical Home Access and Continuity in Clinics With Part-Time Clinicians

Commonly used measures of performance for assessing patient access do not reflect PCMH-encouraged strategies to improve access that may be preferentially used by part-time physicians.




Dana Gelb Safran, ScD

Latest:

Improving Partnerships Between Health Plans and Medical Groups

To provide guidance for successful partnerships, the authors identify common themes from their experience with successful health plan/medical group partnerships programs.



Randi Chen, MS

Latest:

Health Information Technology and Physicians' Knowledge of Drug Costs

High rates of health information technology use by physicians were only modestly associated with better knowledge of drug costs.


Daryl Pritchard, PhD

Latest:

One Size Does Not Always Fit All in Value Assessment

Laying a clear path for incorporating reliable evidence on heterogeneity in value assessments could improve their applicability for healthcare decision making.



Nancy J. Maggard, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Latest:

Postacute Care Partnerships and Patient Progression

Postacute care partners are required for successful patient transitions. Collaboration among multidisciplinary teams and community resources is critical for discharge planning and partnership alignment.


Azeemuddin Ahmed, MD, MBA

Latest:

Against the Current: Back-Transfer as a Mechanism for Rural Regionalization

The authors investigated back-transfer: the transfer of patients near the end of an acute hospitalization to a local community hospital for completion of their medical care.


John W. Newcomer, MD

Latest:

Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: The Urgent Need for Multifactorial Interventions

The pandemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus requires implementation of multifactorial interventions by clinicians for individual patients and policy makers for the health of the general public.


Annie Guerin, MSc

Latest:

Reimbursement Landscape for Molecular Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

This review assesses the current molecular testing landscape for non–small-cell lung cancer in the United States.



Katherine Frey, MPH

Latest:

Guided Care and the Cost of Complex Healthcare: A Preliminary Report

The early months of a cluster-randomized trial suggest that Guided Care is associated with a trend toward a net reduction in total healthcare expenditures.


Douglas Thornton, PharmD, PhD

Latest:

Increased Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Associated With Chronic Opioid Therapy

The increase in healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with the transition to chronic opioid therapy places increased burden on payers and patients.


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