Gosia Sylwestrzak, MA

As Medicare Advantage grows, first-time enrollees demonstrate increasing demographic and clinical diversity, indicating that benefits should be designed to reflect the population’s changing composition.

Among adults with newly diagnosed cancer, rates of low-value cancer services persisted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in areas ranging from peridiagnosis imaging to end-of-life care.

Lower-salary employees in high-deductible health plans underutilize outpatient care and overutilize emergency departments.

The removal of cost sharing increased primary care access and did not negatively affect total cost of care.

This article provides an assessment of the downstream impact of coronary artery calcium scanning on the subsequent treatment patterns of non—high-risk patients.