Articles by Dawn Cantrell, BA

Association of Co-pay Elimination With Medication Adherence and Total Cost
ByMingyan Cong, PhD,Janet Chaisson, BS,Dawn Cantrell, BA,Brice L. Mohundro, PharmD, BCACP,Mollie Carby, PharmD, MBA,Milam Ford, MPH, MBA, BSPharm,Miao Liu, MS,Lisa S. Kemp, PhD,Jason Ouyang, MD, MPH,Yuan Zhang, PhD,Heath C. Williams, MBA,Benjamin V. Vicidomina, BS,Somesh C. Nigam, PhD This study evaluated cost and utilization attributed to members enrolled in a health care program with no pharmacy co-pay. Health care savings were identified in addition to medication adherence improvements.

Value-Based Insurance Design in Louisiana: Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Zero Dollar Co-pay Program
ByXiaojing Yuan, MPH,Janet Chaisson, BS,Dawn Cantrell, BA,Brice L. Mohundro, PharmD, BCACP,Mollie Carby, PharmD, MBA,Milam Ford, MPH,Miao Liu, MS,Jason Ouyang, MD,Yuan Zhang, PhD,Heath C. Williams, MBA,Benjamin V. Vicidomina, BS,Vindell Washington, MD, MS,Somesh C. Nigam, PhD Enrollment in a value-based insurance design program that eliminated pharmacy co-pays for 4 chronic disease drug classes was associated with a large decline in health care spending.

Evaluation of the Quality Blue Primary Care Program on Health Outcomes
ByQian Shi, PhD, MPH,Thomas J. Yan, MS,Peter Lee, BS,Paul Murphree, MD, MHA,Xiaojing Yuan, MPH,Hui Shao, PhD, MHA,William H. Bestermann, MD,Selina Loupe, BS,Dawn Cantrell, BA,David Carmouche, MD,John Strapp, BA,Lizheng Shi, PhD, MSPharm Implementation of the Quality Blue Primary Care program in Louisiana was associated with a shift in primary care delivery and reductions in overall cost.