Authors




Alexandra Zaleta, PhD

Latest:

Helping Cancer Patients and Caregivers Navigate Immunotherapy Treatment

Patients, caregivers, and providers need education on immunotherapy treatment, support in patient-provider communications as well as support in mitigating the financial impact of immunotherapy treatment.



John D. Birkmeyer, MD

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Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative: Expanding Enrollment Suggests Potential for Large Impact

Expanding and more representative participation in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative suggests potential for large impact, pending the results of risk-bearing participants.




Elizabeth A. Handorf, PhD

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Provider and Patient Burdens of Obtaining Oral Anticancer Medications

Oral anticancer medications are frequently used to treat patients with cancer. We found significant time and energy burdens for clinic staff and patients in obtaining these drugs.



Shu-Tzu Huang, MS

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Effects of Continuity of Care on Emergency Department Utilization in Children With Asthma

Better continuity of ambulatory asthma care can reduce the risk of asthma-related emergency department visits for children with asthma in Taiwan.


Jonathan Kish, PhD, MPH

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Better Together? Costs of First-line Chemoimmunotherapy for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Compared with first-line immunotherapy or chemotherapy alone, combination chemoimmunotherapy for advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer has significantly higher antineoplastic drug and associated medical costs.




Simone Singh, PhD

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Availability and Variation of Publicly Reported Prescription Drug Prices

Retail prices for commonly prescribed drugs are often absent from state prescription drug price websites, but when reported, can vary substantially.


Steven S. Fu, MD, MSCE

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Initial Results of a Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project: A Local Program Evaluation

Results, lessons, and challenges of a local lung cancer screening program within a national demonstration project.


Tracey Ryan, M.Eng

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Payer Management of Oncology Gets Serious

Health Plans Continue to Seek Methods to Curtail Cancer Costs


James Rothendler, MD

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Health Insurance Design and Conservative Therapy for Low Back Pain

This study examined the association between health insurance design features and choice of physical therapy or chiropractic care by patients with new-onset low back pain.


Alana Ketchel, MPP, MPH

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The Cost of Implementing Inpatient Bar Code Medication Administration

Bar code medication administration can be an effective and potentially cost-saving solution to prevent harmful medication administration errors in the community hospital setting.


Jonathan D. Ketcham, PhD

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How Similar Are States' Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists?

Comparison of the generosity and consistency of 10 states' Medicaid preferred drug lists for the top therapeutic classes revealed a large degree of inconsistency.





Jae Kennedy, PhD

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Implementation of Paperless Credentialing in a Multi-State Managed Care Organization

Institution of paperless credentialing is analyzed on a pre-/post-implementation basis to understand the impact on business and productivity.


Troy Richardson, PhD

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Measures of ED Utilization in a National Cohort of Children

Through analysis of multistate Medicaid data, this study identifies differences in 2 commonly used measures of emergency department (ED) utilization, ED visit count and ED reliance.


Emily Maxson, MD

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Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Association With Healthcare Quality and Costs

In the context of 2 primary care physician–led accountable care organizations, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits were associated with lower healthcare costs and improved clinical care quality for beneficiaries.





Kavita Patel, MD, MS

Latest:

Transforming Oncology Care: Payment and Delivery Reform for Person-Centered Care

The authors examine 4 alternative payment models for oncology care that shift away from fee-for-service and move progressively toward greater bundling, either across providers or across payments.


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