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Patient Participation in Care Management: Are They Aware?Many patients offered, and those already participating in, care management are unaware of what care management is and that they have participated.
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A Strategy to Promote Population-Wide Life Satisfaction While Advancing EquityThe authors used health care claims and survey data to identify a strategy that might promote life satisfaction while advancing equity in an insured population.
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Physician Financial Incentives and Care for the Underserved in the United StatesFinancial incentives alter the quality and quantity of care that physicians provide. Understanding physicians' recent experience with incentives may help shape current payment reform efforts.
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Will Regional Differences in Family Practice Procedures Impact Reimbursement Rates? A National Study of Medicare Part BAnalysis of 77,462 family practice providers showed large regional differences in types of procedures performed, and significant differences in submitted charges and payments, across regions.
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Medication Adherence as a Measure of the Quality of Care Provided by PhysiciansPhysician-level medication adherence is a strong predictor of patient health and should be considered as a measure of physician quality.
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Association of Insurance Coverage With Chlamydia ScreeningAmong young, sexually active women, self-reported Chlamydia trachomatis screening rates were primarily influenced by risk factors rather than insurance coverage.
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Advancing Performance Measurement in OncologyThe American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative has grown to include 973 practices as of 2010. Practices demonstrated rates of end-of-life care and other measures of quality.
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A Systematic Review of Value-Based Insurance Design in Chronic DiseasesValue-based insurance design for prescription drug coverage increases drug adherence in patients with chronic disease, though their effect on clinical outcomes and health spending remain uncertain.
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Impact of Clinical Training on Recruiting Graduating Health ProfessionalsA business case is made for medical centers to offer high-quality clinical training experiences to recruit graduating health professionals.
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Physician Satisfaction With Health Plans: Results From a National SurveySeveral physician and payer characteristics are associated with physician satisfaction with health plans. There is opportunity to improve physician satisfaction with payers, specifically in pharmacy.
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Physician Attitudes on Ease of Use of EHR Functionalities Related to Meaningful UseWe assessed physician attitudes on ease of use of electronic health record (EHR) functionalities related to “Meaningful Use” and whether ease of use was associated with EHR characteristics.
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Understanding Factors Associated With Readmission Disparities Among Delta Region, Delta State, and Other HospitalsRevisions of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program should consider including community characteristics in risk adjustment models and adding mechanisms that recognize improvement given the uniqueness of the Mississippi Delta region.
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Effect of Management Strategies and Clinical Status on Costs of Care for Advanced HIVAntiretroviral drugs have replaced hospitalization and other services as the most costly component of HIV care, except in patients with especially advanced HIV.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Readmissions Are Associated With Utilization and ComorbidityThirty-day readmissions related to inflammatory bowel disease are common and associated with longer length of stay and a higher likelihood of having an associated comorbid condition compared with index hospitalizations.
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Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department After Referral for Hospitalist AdmissionHospitalization is costly and associated with the potential for adverse medical events. Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to help avoid unnecessary emergency department admissions through consultation.
