Coverage of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.
A Patient Engagement HIT article summarized findings from research on patient activation that appeared in the February issue of the American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). The study, “An Examination of the Relationship Between Care Management With Coaching for Activation and Patient Outcomes,” found that interventions that included coaching for activation empowered patients to effectively manage their own healthcare. The Patient Engagement HIT article recommended that payers “should conduct regular patient activation screenings in order to effectively assign health coaches.”
On Tuesday, the National Pharmaceutical Council’s Daily Newsfeed email featured an AJMC® newsroom article about healthcare utilization among diabetics. The story, “High-Deductible Plans Discouraged Visits by Low-Income Diabetes Patients,” discussed research that found lower reported medical visits and a higher likelihood of delaying necessary treatment among low-income patients with diabetes enrolled in a high-deductible health plan.
The findings of a study published in the February issue of AJMC® were summarized in an article by Health IT Analytics, which reported that “the study highlights a significant discussion point for patient-centered medical home advocates and detractors alike.” The authors of the study “Perceptions of the Medical Home by Parents of Children with Chronic Illness” found that parents were more likely to report higher perceptions of quality elements in specialty care rather than primary care clinics.
An article from Modern Healthcare’s Transformation Hub about how in-store clinics are gaining ground referenced an AJMC® study from 2014. In the study “Quality of Care at Retail Clinics for 3 Common Conditions,” researchers determined that the care provided for 3 common conditions at CVS Pharmacy MinuteClinics was actually higher in quality than the care received in ambulatory care facilities and emergency departments.
Urticaria Diagnosis Challenged by Overlapping Pruritic Skin Conditions
April 23rd 2025Urticaria is complicated to diagnose by its symptomatic overlap with other skin conditions and the frequent misclassification in literature of distinct pathologies like vasculitic urticaria and bullous pemphigus.
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New Research Challenges Assumptions About Hospital-Physician Integration, Medicare Patient Mix
April 22nd 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Brady Post, PhD, lead author of a study published in the April 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®, challenges the claim that hospital-employed physicians serve a more complex patient mix.
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Personalized Care Key as Tirzepatide Use Expands Rapidly
April 15th 2025Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.
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ACOs’ Focus on Rooting Out Fraud Aligns With CMS Vision Under Oz
April 23rd 2025Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are increasingly playing the role of data sleuths as they identify and report trends of anomalous billing in hopes of salvaging their shared savings. This mission dovetails with that of CMS, which under the new administration plans to prioritize rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
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