Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

Articles by Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

Medicare Savings From Conservative Management of Low Back Pain

ByAlan M. Garber, MD, PhD,Tej D. Azad, BA,Anjali Dixit, MD,Monica Farid, BS,Edward Sung, BS, BSE,Daniel Vail, BA,Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

September 27th 2018

This instrumental variables analysis estimates that Medicare would realize $362 million in annual savings if all patients with newly diagnosed low back pain were managed conservatively.

Electronic Health Records and the Frequency of Diagnostic Test Orders

ByIbrahim Hakim, BBA,Sejal Hathi, BS,Archana Nair, MS,Trishna Narula, MPH,Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

January 16th 2017

Using the most recently available national data, physicians with electronic health record (EHR) access ordered more tests than their non-EHR counterparts, thus contradicting a common rationale for EHR implementation.

Geographic Variation in Surgical Outcomes and Cost Between the United States and Japan

ByMichael P. Hurley, MD, MS,Lena Schoemaker, BA,John M. Morton, MD, MPH,Sherry M. Wren, MD,William B. Vogt, PhD,Sachiko Watanabe, RN, MHSA, MAE,Aki Yoshikawa, PhD,Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

September 21st 2016

Compared with Japan, the United States has substantially less geographic variation in surgical outcomes, but it has higher variation in cost.

Effects of Physician Payment Reform on Provision of Home Dialysis

ByKevin F. Erickson, MD, MS,Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, MD, ScD,Glenn M. Chertow, MD, MPH,Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

June 16th 2016

The Medicare program’s transition in 2004 to tiered fee-for-service physician reimbursement for dialysis care had the unintended consequence of reducing use of home dialysis.