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Are Work Relative Value Units Correlated With Operative Duration of Common Surgical Procedures?Work relative value units (wRVUs) correlate with operative duration of common surgical procedures. Reimbursement for physicians depending on wRVUs is fair for commonly performed surgeries.
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Value and the Medical Home: Effects of Transformed Primary CareA patient-centered medical home with intensive case management and a payer partner can significantly improve hospital utilization and may decrease total medical costs for a Medicare population.
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Risk Stratification for Return Emergency Department Visits Among High-Risk PatientsThe authors examined 2 high-risk classification methods to compare and contrast the patient populations, and to identify the preferred method for predicting subsequent emergency department visits.
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Community Navigators Reduce Hospital Utilization in Super-UtilizersSuper-utilizers place a significant clinical and financial burden on the healthcare system. The authors investigated the effectiveness of community navigators in reducing hospital utilization and costs.
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Alternative Payment Models: Paving the Way or Building a Wall for Personalized Medicine?As personalized medicine rapidly becomes an effective tool for combating cancer, payers are exploring new, value-based payment paradigms. These trends will soon intersect, and depending on how they are structured, the new payment models could accelerate or stifle personalized medicine's progress.
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Value-Based Insurance Design: Benefits Beyond Cost and UtilizationThe authors provide a framework to capture additional benefits that may result from VBID programs, extending beyond utilization and outcomes to productivity, engagement, and talent.
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Active Pharmacovigilance and Healthcare UtilizationThis study highlights the potential value of innovative ways of collecting information about adverse drug events directly from patients.
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Association of Care Management Intensity With Healthcare Utilization in an All-Condition Care Management ProgramHigher intensity of care management in an all-condition program addressing care coordination and care barriers was associated with increased healthcare utilization among Medicaid and Medicare patients.
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Medication Utilization and Adherence in a Health Savings Account-Eligible PlanA consumer-directed health plan with a health savings account was associated with reduced adherence for 4 of 5 conditions.
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Oncology Practice Transformation Helps Deliver Patient-Centered Cancer Care in a Community Oncology PracticeOne possible way to reduce overall cost, improve patient experience, and improve outcomes in cancer care is to shift the focus of healthcare delivery away from volume and toward value. Patient-centered cancer care holds the promise of addressing these issues.
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Benzodiazepine and Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Adult OutpatientsAmong outpatients who were screened for alcohol use, those with unhealthy alcohol use, women, and those who were older, white, and of lower socioeconomic status were more likely to use benzodiazepines.
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Early Evaluations of the Medical Home: Building on a Promising StartFindings from a systematic evidence review of the medical home are promising, but indicate the critical need for stronger evaluations to guide policy makers.
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Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: The Urgent Need for Multifactorial InterventionsThe pandemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus requires implementation of multifactorial interventions by clinicians for individual patients and policy makers for the health of the general public.
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Accountable Care Organizations: The Proposed Regulations and the Prospects for SuccessCMS recently proposed regulations for Accountable Care Organizations which are extensive and complex. This article reviews the proposed regulations and discusses the prospects for success.
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Interest in Mental Health Care Among Patients Making eVisitsSome patients using a patient portal for eVisits seek mental health care even when it is not designated for such use.
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Medicare Savings From Conservative Management of Low Back PainThis instrumental variables analysis estimates that Medicare would realize $362 million in annual savings if all patients with newly diagnosed low back pain were managed conservatively.
