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Navigating Future Public Health Emergencies With Pandemic Lessons on Ovarian CancerOptimizing telehealth during public health emergencies to minimize in-person appointments puts less burden on patients and may lead to better outcomes, according to Chun Chao, PhD, MS, of Kaiser Permanente Southern California.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sacubitril/Valsartan in a Medicaid PopulationThe cost avoidance of heart failure–related hospitalizations and emergency department visits may outweigh the additional drug cost in Medicaid members adherent to sacubitril/valsartan.
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Primary Care Referrals to Nephrology in Patients With Advanced Kidney DiseasePrimary 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.
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Evaluating Proactive Outreach for Prior Authorization Recertifications in Medicaid PatientsImplementing a proactive provider outreach program resulted in significantly more prior authorization recertifications and a reduction in time to submission.
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Primary Care Transformation: A Team-Based Care ModelThis article presents a descriptive review of a team-based care transformation model in a large primary care network, including core staffing, process improvement, and extended care teams.
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Digital Health Implementation Among Older Adults: Health Technology Navigators’ PerspectivesHealth technology navigators share perspectives on barriers to and facilitators of digital health access for older, linguistically diverse patients in a Los Angeles safety-net system.
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An Integrated Practice Unit Tool for the Military Health SystemResearchers developed and tested an assessment tool to measure coordinated care for traumatic brain injury against the criteria of an integrated practice unit.
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Additional Clinical Considerations for the Management of ObesityPanelists discuss how reaching underserved populations requires proactive outreach, digital health tools with appropriate training, addressing health literacy barriers, and ensuring equitable access to diabetes technologies and treatments rather than waiting for patients to seek care.
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Influence of Prior Authorization Requirements on Provider Clinical Decision-MakingAn online survey identified that documentation requirements and communication issues with health plans are associated with providers modifying clinical decisions to avoid medication prior authorization.
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Cost Savings Associated With Electronic Specialty ConsultationsThis retrospective cohort evaluation found that patients receiving electronic, compared with face-to-face, specialty consultation had significantly lower health care costs for at least 3 months.
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Therapists’ Perspectives on Access to Telemental Health Among Medicaid-Enrolled YouthThis qualitative study elucidates therapists’ perspectives on barriers to and facilitators of access to telemental health among Medicaid-enrolled youth served by a large safety-net organization.
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Dallas Nephrology Associates’ Journey to Value-Based CarePreventing or delaying the onset of end-stage kidney disease is vital. By implementing a results-driven, value-based approach, Dallas Nephrology Associates has demonstrated improved patient outcomes and value for payers.
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Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure Monitoring: A Pooled Rates AnalysisThis systematic literature review and pooled rates analysis investigated the standard of care for patients with heart failure in the US post hospital discharge.
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Telephone Follow-Up on Medicare Patient Surveys Remains CriticalIncluding a telephone component in Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey administration continues to be valuable because telephone responses comprise a substantial portion of responses for several underserved groups.
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Oncology Advances Bring CAR T Local, but Community Practices Need Support: Nini Wu, MDAs community oncology evolves to deliver chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T and bispecific therapies closer to home, support is needed to ensure patient access and precision medicine capabilities, says Nini Wu, MD.
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An Integrated Practice Unit Tool for the Military Health SystemResearchers developed and tested an assessment tool to measure coordinated care for traumatic brain injury against the criteria of an integrated practice unit.
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Influence of Health Care Systems on Mortality in Adult Patients With CancerVertically integrated health care delivery systems may be well positioned to help reduce overall mortality and specifically mitigate racial/ethnic disparity gaps in cancer care outcomes.
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Expert Perspectives on the Role of Real-World Evidence, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Economic Models in Oncology Formulary Decision and Regulatory Submissions for FDA ApprovalA Q&A With Bhakti Arondekar, PhD, MBA; Alexander Niyazov, PharmD, MPH; and Jay Weaver, PharmD, MPH
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Contributor: The Digital Shift—Meeting Modern Patient ExpectationsAn analysis of patient preferences in provider search and scheduling
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Differences in Spending for Diabetes and Multiple Chronic Conditions in Michigan Medicare BeneficiariesDiabetes and multiple chronic conditions increase overall Medicare spending, but spending increases even more in minority beneficiaries compared with White beneficiaries with similar comorbidity combinations.
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Future Directions of BTK Inhibitors in Leukemia and LymphomaExperts discuss future directions of BTK inhibitors.
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The Role of Advanced Technologies in Improving Diabetes OutcomesThis article reviews underlying barriers to health care access and discusses how a value-based diabetes care model could improve patient outcomes and reduce long-term costs.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Adherence in a Health System Specialty PharmacyIntegrated health system specialty pharmacies provide specialized services to patients, resulting in high rates of adherence to and financial assistance with specialty disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
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Clinical Considerations in the Treatment of Alopecia AreataNeil Minkoff; Natasha Mesinkovska, MD; and Brett King, MD, PhD discuss the diagnosis and disease assessment in alopecia areata along with clinical considerations.
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Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure UseLong-term tele-messaging was more effective than no messaging and short-term messaging for positive airway pressure use, and it was highly likely to be cost-effective with an acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold.
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Guideline-Informed Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Food AllergyThis article describes food allergy–related service utilization and identifies factors associated with guideline-informed care among Medicaid-enrolled US children with food allergy.
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Pharmacists and Transitions of Care From Emergency Department to HomePharmacists’ roles in transitions of care continue to evolve. Evaluation of pharmacist-led interventions as patients transition from emergency department to home is needed.
