Our peer-reviewed research, featured recently in healthcare and mainstream news reports.
In Becker’s Orthopedic and Spine, writer Laura Dyrda summarized 5 key points from the study, “The Role of Health IT and Delivery System Reform in Facilitating Advanced Care Delivery,” which appears in the current issue of The American Journal of Managed Care. Noteworthy are the fact that most physicians, (89%) perform at least 1 care coordination process, but fewer than half (44%) report performing a quality measure. Find the full study here.
In a recent op-ed in the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, Sally Pipes, president and CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute, cited the February 2015 AJMC study, “Leveraging Remote Behavioral Health Interventions to Improve Medical Outcomes and Reduce Costs.” Pipes called for a broader embrace of telehealth for remote counseling and cited the study’s findings that after 6 months, a remote program for cardiovascular patients reduced readmission by 38%. You can find the full study here.
Exploring Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Variations
March 26th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the March 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on variations in prior authorization use across Medicare Advantage plans.
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Health Equity Adjustments in Medicare HVBP Program Will Benefit Safety Net Hospitals, Study Says
March 29th 2024Medicare’s upcoming health equity adjustment in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program will reduce disproportionate penalization among safety net hospitals and those serving high proportions of Black patients, according to a recent study.
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Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
February 13th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on how health plans can screen for health literacy, social determinants of health, and perceived health care discrimination.
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