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Assessment of Structured Data Elements for Social Risk Factors

An expert panel identified and assessed electronic health record and health information exchange structured data elements to support future development of social risk factor computable phenotyping.

Managed Care COVID-19 Outcomes in a Population Health Program

Data from 38,193 patients showed that managed care patients have COVID-19 risk factors similar to those of the general population and that a population health program decreased mortality.

Primary Care Referrals to Nephrology in Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease

Primary care physicians did not refer the majority of patients with severe nephropathy to specialists; nonreferred patients had fewer comorbidities and might be better kidney transplant candidates.

Measuring Continuity of Care for Diabetes: Which Visits to Include?

This study examined how inclusion of different provider specialties affected Continuity of Care Index values, year-to-year stability, and association with emergency department visits.

Egg Donors and Recipients With PCOS

No difference was shown regarding pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who receive oocytes from women with or without PCOS.

Understanding Suboptimal e-Consult Requests: Lessons From the VA

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinicians’ perspectives on what constitutes a good e-consult and why suboptimal e-consult requests occur contain broadly applicable lessons for other health systems.

Assessment of Structured Data Elements for Social Risk Factors

An expert panel identified and assessed electronic health record and health information exchange structured data elements to support future development of social risk factor computable phenotyping.

Reduced Medical Spending Associated With Integrated Pharmacy Benefits

Members covered by an integrated pharmacy benefit (as opposed to a pharmacy carve-out) experienced slower growth in medical spending.

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.

Care for Food-Insecure Enrollees in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare

Medicare Advantage plans may deliver care more efficiently to food-insecure beneficiaries than traditional Medicare, but they are not better at reducing food insecurity.

Participating Faculty: The Course and Management of Interstitial Lung Diseases

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Accessibility of Taiwanese Medical Care

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to routine medical care in community populations in Taiwan. The unmet needs should be emphasized as normal life resumes.

High-Risk Care Management Impact on Medicaid ACO Utilization and Spending

In Massachusetts’ largest Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO), high-risk care management significantly reduced spending, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, demonstrating that targeted strategies can manage health care costs amid budget constraints.

Mental Health Concerns Prevalent in Patients With AD, Poster Says

A new study presented at this year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting highlights the need for mental health support in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).

ASCO 2024 Solid Tumors

Pediatric Oral Health Services in Medicaid Managed Care and Fee for Service

Rates of preventive oral health services among pediatric medical visits in Florida were similar whether visits were paid via Medicaid comprehensive managed care or fee for service.

How Medicare Advantage Plans Use Data for Supplemental Benefits Decision-Making

This article presents findings from interviews conducted with executives from 29 Medicare Advantage plans regarding plan decision-making processes related to new social risk factor–related benefits.

JAK3 Inhibitor Ritlecitinib Links Molecular Change to Visible Regrowth

New research reveals ritlecitinib's potential to reverse scarring alopecias by targeting inflammation, offering hope for hair regrowth in autoimmune disorders.

End-of-Life Values and Value-Based Care

An editorial in response to the editor in chief’s December 2021 letter discusses evidence supporting the cost-effectiveness of an innovative advance care planning initiative.

Screening for Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in Health Plans

This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with social determinants of health and patient demographics.

Avoiding Surgical Resection of Recurrent BRAF V600E–Mutated Iodine-Refractory Papillary Thyroid Cancer Involving Trachea/Thyroid Cartilage via Resensitization With Dabrafenib and Trametinib: Report of 3 Cases

High-Risk Care Management Impact on Medicaid ACO Utilization and Spending

In Massachusetts’ largest Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO), high-risk care management significantly reduced spending, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, demonstrating that targeted strategies can manage health care costs amid budget constraints.

Reducing Readmissions in the Safety Net Through AI and Automation

Artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic health record–based automation tools helped a safety-net health system meet performance-based readmission metrics, thereby retaining critical funding while improving clinical and equity outcomes.

Clinical and Economic Burden of Uncontrolled Severe Noneosinophilic Asthma

Among patients with severe asthma with low eosinophils untreated with biologics, there is a high burden of disease among those who have suboptimal disease control.

Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Department Utilization in Alabama Children’s Health Insurance Program

Community social determinants of health such as rurality and low socioeconomic status moderate the association between an individual’s race and emergency care use.

Employer-Sponsored Behavioral Health Program Impacts on Care Utilization and Cost

Provision of enhanced access to behavioral health services by a large employer to its employees is associated with reductions in all-cause care utilization and cost.

Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders and Current Management Strategies

Quality, Health, and Spending in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare

In a review of literature published since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, more than half of analyses find that Medicare Advantage outperforms traditional Medicare on quality, health, and cost outcomes.

Insurance Payer Is Associated With Length of Stay After Traumatic Brain Injury

Among hospitalized patients with traumatic brain injury, Medicaid fee-for-service was associated with longer hospital stays than private insurance and Medicaid managed care organizations.