Donald G. Klepser, PhD, MBA

In his Editorial, Dr. Klepser considers the effectiveness and the future of value-based insurance design.

Gregory A. Nichols, PhD; Bhakti Arondekar, MBA, PhD; and William H. Herman, MD, MPH

This study showed that complications add significantly to the cost of medical care when hyperglycemia levels were below the threshold for diabetes, and impaired glucose tolerance independently contributed to costs.

Jasmina I. Ivanova, MA; Howard G. Birnbaum, PhD; Matthew Hsieh, BA; Andrew P. Yu, PhD; Brian Seal, PhD; Thys van der Molen, PhD; Srinivas Emani, PhD; Richard A. Rosiello, MD; and Gene L. Colice, MD

This study evaluated the association between patientreported and medical recordâ€"abstracted local adverse events and patient-reported and claims-based adherence to inhaled corticosteroid therapy.

Rebecca L. Sedjo, PhD; and Emily R. Cox, PhD

Decreasing statin copayments because of the patent expiration of simvastatin has led to moderate increases in therapy adherence.

Geoffrey F. Joyce, PhD; Dana P. Goldman, PhD; Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD; and Grant D. Lawless, MD

Biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis was associated with lower use of some types of medical services within 2 to 3 years of initiation.

Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH; Joachim Roski, PhD, MPH; John L. Adams, PhD; Daniel L. Dunn, PhD; Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH; Donna Pillittere Dugan, MS; and Roxanne E. Jensen, BA

At least 50 quality events per physician are needed to reach a minimum level of reliability for most quality measures calculated from administrative data.

Paul F. Cook, PhD; Suzie Emiliozzi, RN; Corey Waters, MBA; and Dana El Hajj, BSN, RN

A telehealth nursing program used psychological counseling techniques to improve antipsychotic medication adherence, leading to reduced emergency department utilization in a managed Medicaid population.

Avivit Golan-Cohen, MD; Oded Horn, MD; Philip H. Sive, MD; and Shlomo Vinker, MD

Two case reports are presented in which previous photographs of the patients appearing in their medical record were of considerable assistance in making the diagnosis.