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Medicare Advantage Coverage Restrictions for the Costliest Physician-Administered DrugsFour large Medicare Advantage insurers manage access to expensive physician-administered drugs with a combination of prior authorization, step therapy, and Part D formulary design.
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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Initiating Intravenous Paclitaxel/nab-PaclitaxelWe examine the incidence and impact of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy on clinical and economic outcomes in women with metastatic breast cancer initiating intravenous paclitaxel/nab-paclitaxel.
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Impact of Payment Models on Medical Specialist Physician Practice PatternsThis article explores the impact of payment models (fee for service vs salary based) on practice patterns, including wait times and care for patients with chronic diseases.
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Patient-Centered Communication and Outcomes in Heart FailureAmong community patients living with heart failure, excellent and good patient-centered communication was associated with a reduced risk of death.
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Changes in Electronic Notification Volume and Primary Care Provider BurnoutPrimary care provider burnout was analyzed before and after a national initiative to optimize the electronic health record inbox notification system at the Veterans Health Administration.
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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of ColorThe authors interrogate elements of routine medical practice in New York City to argue for reforms of hospital culture through relational trust-building capabilities of community health workers.
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Hypoglycemia Upon Hospital Admission From Long-term Care: Health Care Resource UseThis analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with hypoglycemia from long-term care or home.
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Access to Consultative Dermatologic Care via Physician-to-Physician Asynchronous Outpatient TeledermatologyDirect access of primary care physicians to dermatologists via asynchronous teledermatology improves a health system’s ability to increase patient access to dermatologic care.
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Baloxavir vs Oseltamivir: Reduced Utilization and Costs in InfluenzaBaloxavir, compared with oseltamivir, was associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs in patients with influenza, particularly those at high risk of secondary complications.
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Patient Experience in a COVID-19 Patient Home Monitoring ProgramPatients who participated in a COVID-19 patient home monitoring program were satisfied with their care and stated that their participation made them less likely to seek care in the emergency department.
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Predicting Hospitalizations for Patients With Chronic Kidney DiseaseThe authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.
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Small Practice Participation and Performance in Medicare Accountable Care OrganizationsMedicare beneficiaries attributed to small practices in accountable care organizations (ACOs) achieve greater savings than beneficiaries attributed to large practices in ACOs.
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Evaluating Smoking Cessation Service at an Emergency Department Clinical Observation UnitThis study aimed to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation service in a group of patients admitted to a short-stay unit in the emergency department.
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Actions to Improve Quality: Results From a National Hospital SurveyHospitals reported widespread adoption of quality improvement (QI) changes to improve on CMS quality measures, and QI adoption was associated with improved performance on quality measures.
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Eliminating Defects in Value: Turnaround of an MSSP ACOA health system transformational leadership framework and management system made visible and eliminated defects in value and was associated with reduced annual Medicare expenditures and increased quality between 2017 and 2020.
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Afimetoran Shown to Be Safe, Well-Tolerated for Patients With Cutaneous Lupus ErythematosusThis new late-breaking data presented at ACR 2023 was the first clinical evidence indicating efficacy of afimetoran for those with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE).
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Inability to Access Health Care Due to COVID-19 Among Medicare BeneficiariesUp to one-fifth of Medicare beneficiaries were unable to access health care due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Medicare Advantage–Pharmacy Partnership Improves Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination RatesPatients whose pharmacy receives notification of their immunization gap have twice the odds of receiving immunizations compared with those whose pharmacy does not receive the notification.
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Safety vs Price in the Generic Drug Market: MetforminThe generic drug market focuses on price. However, multiple generic metformin drugs have been recalled due to poor drug quality. The authors examine price and quality after these recalls.
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Consumer-Centric Approach to Enhance Access to Pediatric Specialty CareThe authors’ organization optimized scheduling techniques that improved patient access to pediatric specialists to within 7 calendar days for new patients.
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The Relationship Between the Follow-up to Discharge Ratio and Length of StayThe objective was to evaluate the correlation between the follow-up to discharge ratio and average length of stay.
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Clinical Profile of COVID-19 Infection in Postvaccination IndividualsThis article describes the findings of an observational study carried out in India to examine the clinical profile of individuals detected to be COVID-19 positive post vaccination.
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Machine Intelligence for Early Targeted Precision Management and Response to Outbreaks of Respiratory InfectionsThis paper evaluates novel machine intelligence to predict patients at risk of severe respiratory infections and recommend postacute care providers likely to reduce infection risk.
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Unintended Consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act: Clinical Development Toward Subsequent IndicationsThe Inflation Reduction Act will likely change incentives surrounding single-indication launches and postapproval research for additional indications in small molecule drugs, affecting patient access.
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A 10-Step Program to Successfully Reduce Low-Value CareThe frequency of low-value care can be reduced by a respectful, data-driven process anchored in nonjudgmental communication and explicit core values.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sacubitril/Valsartan in a Medicaid PopulationThe cost avoidance of heart failure–related hospitalizations and emergency department visits may outweigh the additional drug cost in Medicaid members adherent to sacubitril/valsartan.
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Primary Care Referrals to Nephrology in Patients With Advanced Kidney DiseasePrimary care physicians did not refer the majority of patients with severe nephropathy to specialists; nonreferred patients had fewer comorbidities and might be better kidney transplant candidates.
