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Racial/Ethnic and Age Disparities in Chemotherapy Selection for Colorectal Cancer

Among Medicare enrollees with metastatic colorectal cancer, the use of newer chemotherapy agents was lower for African American patients and for older patients.

Identifying Controlled Substance Patterns of Utilization Requiring Evaluation Using Administrative Claims Data

Does Paid Versus Unpaid Supplementary Caregiving Matter in Preventable Readmissions?

Home health beneficiaries with diabetes using paid supplementary caregivers had 68% higher hazards of readmission due to urinary tract infection than those with unpaid supplementary caregivers.

Gastric Cancer Therapy: Recognizing and Managing Fragmentation of Care and Evidence Gaps

PBMs: Their Role, the Problems, and How Practices Can Work With Them

Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Recruitment

Health Equity in the Era of Large Language Models

This article presents challenges and solutions regarding health care–focused large language models (LLMs) and summarizes key recommendations from major regulatory and governance bodies for LLM development, implementation, and maintenance.

Impact of Formulary Restrictions on Medication Use and Costs

Placing formulary restrictions on brand name drugs shifts use toward generics, lowers the cost per prescription fill, and has minimal impact on overall adherence for antidiabetes, antihyperlipidemia, and antihypertension medications among low-income subsidy recipients in Medicare Part D plans.

Impact of Including Drug Spending in Oncology Alternative Payment Models

This study demonstrates a method for understanding the effects of drug spending in the design of alternative payment models.

Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Tobacco Dependence Intervention Based on Self-Determination Theory

An intensive tobacco dependence intervention based on selfdetermination theory that targeted all smokers was cost-effective and facilitated patient autonomy, perceived competence, and long-term tobacco abstinence.

Physician Utilization by Insurance Type Among Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Physician utilization during the year before the first indication of type 2 diabetes did not differ between Medicaid-covered and privately insured youth.

Trends in the 2012 Eisai Oncology Digest: Insurance and Cost Obstacles in Cancer Treatment

Effect of Physician-Specific Pay-for-Performance Incentives in a Large Group Practice

This study examined the effect of physician-specific pay-for-performance incentives on well-established ambulatory quality measures in a large group practice setting.

Bridging the Digital Divide: Mobile Access to Personal Health Records Among Patients With Diabetes

Racial/ethnic minorities and patients living in poorer neighborhoods were more likely to access their personal health record exclusively with a mobile device.

The Association of Health Literacy Domains With Hospitalizations and Mortality

Despite previous research evidence, this study did not reveal an overall association of health literacy, numeracy, and graph literacy with all-cause hospitalizations or mortality.

Regulations That Ensure the Quality of Precision Medicine

Patients' Success in Negotiating Out-of-Network Bills

Nineteen percent of bills for out-of-network visits were negotiated, and of these negotiated bills, individuals were successful in lowering their costs approximately half the time.

Supporting the Patient's Role in Guideline Compliance: A Controlled Study

This study measured compliance with evidence-based guidelines after clinical alerts sent to physicians, compared with compliance after alerts sent to both physicians and their patients.

Positive Quality Interventions: An Innovative Platform for Oncology Practice Collaboration

An in-depth look into a nationwide collaborative initiative to standardize and improve oncology dispensing practices for the benefit of patient/provider education, adherence, and overall care.

Hospice Use in Medicare Managed Care and Fee-for-Service Systems

Call Center Performance Affects Patient Perceptions of Access and Satisfaction

Greater telephone wait times, but not abandonment rates, were associated with lower patient perceptions of their ability to obtain urgent care in a timely manner.

Insurance Switching and Mismatch Between the Costs and Benefits of New Technologies

Transformative therapies with high up-front costs will exacerbate the need to address gaps between payers when costs and benefits occur at different times.

Studies Highlight Newly Approved and Novel Multiple Myeloma Treatments

False-Positive Mammography and Its Association With Health Service Use

This study demonstrated that a false-positive mammogram was associated with increases in outpatient visits, but not provider referrals, for 1 year post mammogram.

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.

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.

Assessing Outcomes in Child Psychiatry

Two standardized rating scales appeared to be valid and reliable for use at admission and possibly follow-up in a child psychiatry system of care.

Dietary Diversity Predicts Type of Medical Expenditure in Elders

Greater dietary diversity is associated with lower emergency and hospitalization utilization and expenditures, and identifies a policy direction for nutritionally disadvantaged groups.