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Deepak Palakshappa, MD, MSHP

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Advancing the Learning Health System by Incorporating Social Determinants

Without integrating data on the social determinants of health, the learning health system could fail to reach its mission of higher-quality, safer, and more efficient care.


Deanne Wiley, BA

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Improvements in Access and Care Through the Affordable Care Act

Affordable Care Act exchange enrollees in California and Colorado reported significant improvements in access to care and fewer barriers to receiving care due to costs.


Gail L. Nunlee-Bland, MD

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Previously Unrecognized Trends in Diabetes Consumption Clusters in Medicare

Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who are at the lowest levels of healthcare consumption often become some of the highest level consumers in subsequent years.



Amber Willink, PhD

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Integrated Care Organizations: Medicare Financing for Care at Home

This paper presents a policy proposal to integrate care for Medicare beneficiaries through creation of integrated care organizations and a Medicare home care benefit.



Arlene S. Ash, PhD

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Calibrating Medicaid Payment to Need for Long-term Services and Supports

Incorporating data from functional status assessments, we developed a Medicaid payment model for long-term services and supports in a community-dwelling population of older adults.




Ronald E. Aubert, PhD, MSPH

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Is There a Relationship Between Early Statin Compliance and a Reduction in Healthcare Utilization?

Statin therapy compliance of 80% or higher during the first 2 years of treatment is associated with reduced healthcare resource utilization in the following year.


Kevin Fitzpatrick

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The Newest Members of CancerLinQ's Community—FDA and NCI

Collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including the FDA and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, CancerLinQ continues its efforts to harness big data to rapidly improve the quality of care for people with cancer.


Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD

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Why Palliative Care Is the Answer to the Serious Illness Question in Payment Reform

Whether it is through enlisting primary providers, building a champion workforce, or hiring more specialist consultants, there is no question that palliative programming must be at the heart of our healthcare system’s quality transformation.


Austin B. Frakt, PhD

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Potential Inequities in Access to In-Person SHIP Counseling Services

The federal State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) provides counseling and education on Medicare coverage options. This article highlights potential inequities in in-person SHIP service access.




Lucy H. Liu, MD

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Trends in Mortality Following Hip Fracture in Older Women

Within an integrated healthcare setting, temporal trends demonstrate reductions in mortality risk after hip fracture in older women, with mortality risk lower for Asians and Hispanics.





Chris Seib, BS

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Trends in Healthcare Payments: Focus on Consumer Experience as the New Normal

As payment responsibility for medical services increases, consumer experience will become a necessary focus for healthcare to ensure customer loyalty and future longevity.


Jianing Yang, MS

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Adherence, Persistence, and Switching Patterns of Dabigatran Etexilate

We present a descriptive analysis utilizing pharmacy claims from a managed care population to quantify adherence, persistence, and switching patterns for patients initiating dabigatran.


AJMC Staff

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Ian Wong Named Chief Operating Officer for OneOncology

OneOncology appoints Ian Wong as COO, enhancing its mission to provide accessible, high-quality cancer and urology care through innovative practices.




David Chandler, PhD

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Cost Per Response Analysis of Strategies for Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia

This decision tree model estimates the cost per response and incremental cost per additional responder for romiplostim, eltrombopag, and “watch and rescue” for immune thrombocytopenia.




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