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Payer's Role in Care: Gatekeeper or Change Agent?The panel discussion for Session 3, "The Role of Health Plans and Payers in Patient Care," discussed the role of payers in revolutionizing the system to make it patient-centric.
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Identifying Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 With Excess Disease BurdenA high-risk cohort of beneficiaries with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3 have a profile similar to patients with CKD stages 4 and 5, indicating potential benefit of earlier nephrology intervention.
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The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Primary HealthcareThe potential of nurse practitioners is not being fully realized in primary care medical practices. Consequently, cost and quality gains are not being achieved.
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VHA Pharmacy Use in Veterans With Medicare Drug CoverageGreater Medicare managed care benefit levels reduce both the likelihood and magnitude of Veterans Health Administration pharmacy use by Medicare dually enrolled veterans.
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Economic and Clinical Impact of Routine Weekend Catheterization ServicesWeekend cardiac catheterization availability for inpatients reduced length of stay and maintained quality of care (no excess hazard for weekend cases), but costs were similar.
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Hypertension Control in Ambulatory Care Patients With DiabetesThis paper explores hypertension control among patients with diabetes in a variety of ambulatory care settings. We also consider the role of sociodemographic factors.
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Implementation of EHR-Based Strategies to Improve Outpatient CAD CareWe examined the impact of electronic reminders followed by performance reports and financial incentives. Physicians responded more to reports and incentives than to reminders alone.
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Novel Multicancer Early Detection Technology––Potential Value to Employers and the WorkforceMulticancer early detection technology could help reduce cancer mortality compared to the current strategy of single-cancer screening tests.
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Improving Medication Understanding Among Latinos Through Illustrated Medication ListsA randomized controlled trial found that plain-language, illustrated medication lists improved medication understanding among Latinos.
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The Validity of Claims-Based Risk Estimation in Underinsured PopulationsThis article demonstrates a threat to validity when using claims-based risk tools with chronically ill and/or underinsured populations whose underutilization masks actual risk or comorbidity.
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Collaborative Care Before Accountable Care: Achieving Low-Cost, High-Quality Care Through a Regional Collaborative in FloridaAs accountable care organizations proliferate across the nation, delivery systems still struggle to balance quality improvement, cost containment, and migration toward accountable care. This paper describes the phased approach where the University of Florida Health Science Center and Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc, and Orlando Health have jointly developed a series of clinical and health services that are of the highest quality and are offered at the lowest cost. The result is a regional collaborative that will be the foundation for a regional accountable care organization, first leveraging clinical core competencies, then moving to a more integrated model.
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Shifting Cardiovascular Care to Nurses Results in Structured Chronic CareThis study sought to explore if shifting care to nurses in cardiovascular risk management in primary care is a key to more structured chronic care.
