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Kristi Rosa

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Subcutaneous Epcoritamab Elicits Durable Responses in R/R LBCL

Subcutaneous epcoritamab produced deep and durable complete remissions in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), with complete responders having favorable long-term outcomes, according to updated data from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial.


Mary Reyes, MD

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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric Care

The authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.



Salama Freed, PhD

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Risk Adjusting for Medicaid Participation in Medicare Advantage

When comparing risk-adjustment approaches based on Medicaid status of Medicare beneficiaries, this analysis found that predicted spending levels varied depending on states’ Medicaid eligibility criteria.


Samuel Moy, BS

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Variation in Spending Associated With Primary Care Practices

Physician practices account for a significant amount of variation in spending.


Lauretta Dozier, RN

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Leveraging Longitudinal Clinical Laboratory Results to Improve Prenatal Care

Collaboration between a clinical laboratory and a managed care organization improved prenatal care and outcomes through real-time, actionable, laboratory-derived insights and care coordination.


Martin Dawes, MBBS, MD, FRCGP, CCFP

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Contributor: The Case for Education and Clinical Decision Support With Pharmacogenetics

Prescribing is a complex process with multiple factors to consider on top of the 3 primary questions about effectiveness, harm, and cost. Pharmacogenetics has put this complexity under the spotlight and prompted educational programs and the development of new clinical decision support systems.


Leonce Nshuti, MSc

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Trends in Medicare Part D Coverage of Generics With Equivalent Brand-Name Drugs

High-tier generic drug placement in Medicare Part D has increased over time, but it may be related to a drug’s clinical profile and availability of substitutes rather than preferred brand-name drug coverage.


Alexander Wu, MSc

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Cost Analysis of Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose in Nonintensively Managed Type 2 Diabetes

Analysis of claims data showed reduced utilization and costs among patients with nonintensively treated type 2 diabetes (T2D) using self-monitoring of blood glucose compared with continuous glucose monitoring.


Naveed Rabbani, MD

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Investigating Real-world Consequences of Biases in Commonly Used Clinical Calculators

Clinical calculators that do not include demographic variables may be biased, and their equity should be understood in the context of clinical guidelines.


Kangho Suh, PharmD, PhD

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Assessing Surveillance Utilization and Value in Commercially Insured Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Trends in surveillance testing after treatment for colorectal cancer remained relatively stable recently, and patients who overutilized surveillance measures had quicker recurrence detection but higher costs.


Sean E. Bland, JD

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Key Takeaways for the Management of HIV PrEP

A panel of experts share closing thoughts and advice for the management and uptake of HIV PrEP therapy.


Mamta Bhatia, MS

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Continuously Updated Forecasting of SARS-CoV-2 in a Regional Health System

This study presents a methodology for forecasting demand of COVID-19 on health resources in an integrated health system.


Ali Seifi, MD

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The Persistent Pandemic of Violence Against Health Care Workers

The problem of violence against health care workers has escalated across the world, and tackling this issue requires the support of administrators.


Elizabeth C. S. Swart, BS

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A Scoping Review of US Insurers’ Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes

This scoping review found 350 articles that discuss US health insurance providers’ use of patient-reported outcomes about health-related quality of life.


Manasi Datar, PhD

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A Kidney Diagnostic’s Impact on Physician Decision-making in Diabetic Kidney Disease

The KidneyIntelX test would affect primary care physician (PCP) decision-making, and PCPs would use the results of KidneyIntelX more than albuminuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate when making decisions about diabetic kidney disease management.


Mary L. Davis-Ajami, PhD, MBA, MS, FNP-C, RN

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CMS Practice Assessment Tool Validity for Alternative Payment Models

Using data from 632 primary care practices, the authors show that the CMS Practice Assessment Tool has adequate predictive validity for participation in alternative payment models.


Kruti Joshi, MPH

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Contributor: The Price of Mental Wellness

Considering the personal, societal, and economic toll of treatment-resistant depression, we must make it easier to access medicines and care that provide value, both for the patient and for the health care system.


Steven Reeves, MD, FACP

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Contributor: ACO Success—Driving Better Outcomes and Liberating Clinicians

Physicians have been facing increasing workloads making it difficult to practice medicine as they were trained, but an accountable care organization might provide an opportunity for real change to deliver high-value, compassionate care.


Jessica Chang, MA

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Provider Barriers in Uptake of Biosimilars: Case Study on Filgrastim

Previous studies have found modest uptake of biosimilars in both commercial and Medicare populations. This study finds that the uptake varies between the rural and urban provider settings.



Farai Kuwonza, MS

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Income Differences Between Locations of 340B Entities and Contract Pharmacies

The authors find that 340B-covered hospitals and grantees are contracting mainly with pharmacies in significantly more affluent neighborhoods than their own.


Eric Hoffman

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OneOncology and Its Practice Partners Celebrate 5 Years of Cancer Care Excellence

“OneOncology was started by physicians and for physicians,” said Jeff Patton, MD, OneOncology CEO. “As we’ve grown and enhanced world-class cancer care in communities across the country, strengthening practice independence and empowering their decision-making has always been our north star."


Leah Lawrence

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How the Name Change to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Affected People With the Disease

A decision to rename myeloproliferative neoplasms led to a plethora of developments in a space where there was once little interest.



Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD

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Association Between Low-Income Subsidies and Inequities in Orally Administered Antimyeloma Therapy Use

Medicare Part D low-income subsidies alone are insufficient to improve the uptake and equitable use of high-cost, orally administered antimyeloma therapy.


Kevin Wiley Jr, MPH

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Using Natural Language Processing to Classify Social Work Interventions

Natural language processing can be used for automated extraction of social work interventions from electronic health records, thereby supporting social work staffing and resource allocation decisions.


Joshua R. Vest, PhD

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Primary Care Case Conferences to Mitigate Social Determinants of Health: A Case Study From One FQHC System

This article describes perceived benefits, facilitators, and challenges of conducting interprofessional team case conferences in primary care settings to address patients’ complex social needs.


Samuel Johnmeyer

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Contributor: COVID-19’s Impact on ACO REACH Deserves CMS' Attention

CMS must account for inclusion of COVID years in 2023 ACO REACH benchmarks to avoid unfairly penalizing REACH ACOs.


Julie Munakata, MS

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US Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of Point-of-Care NAAT for Streptococcus

This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness and budget impact to US payers of point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for group A streptococcus.

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