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Preferences for and Experiences With Pill Appearance Changes: National Surveys of Patients and Pharmacists

Changes in generic drug appearance occur often. Patients’ and pharmacists’ responses to those changes vary, with some patients stopping their medication or using it less.

Economic Burden of Nonadherence to Standards of Diabetes Care

Using propensity score matching in a US nationally representative sample, authors found the effect of nonadherence to diabetes guidelines on health care expenditures of patients with diabetes.

Effects of Adjunctive Cariprazine Formulary Restrictions in Major Depressive Disorder

Patients who experienced a formulary-related rejection of cariprazine for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder had significantly higher hospitalization rates than those with approved claims.

A Health Economic Evaluation of Digital Digestive Care Management

Chronic gastrointestinal disorders are common and costly for employers. Use of a digital digestive care program was associated with reduced health care spending.

Utilization of Low- and High-Value Health Care by Individuals With and Without Cognitive Impairment

Low-value service utilization is common among all older adults, and utilization of some high-value services decreases after the onset of cognitive decline.

Clinic Price Reductions in a Tiered Total Cost Benefit Design

Findings of this evaluation of primary care clinic responses in a tiered total cost of care benefit design suggest that clinics respond by reducing prices.

Responsibility for Treating Tobacco Dependence in Health Clinics Serving Medicaid Enrollees

This article describes the implementation of Medicaid smoking cessation guidance in a large, urban federally qualified health center to examine how state-level provisions translated into clinic-level policies.

The Promise of Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Diagnosis

An Accelerated Hospital Observation Pathway to Reduce Length of Stay for Patients With COVID-19

For select patients hospitalized due to COVID-19, an academic urban hospital implemented an observation pathway that incorporated mobile health technology, reducing hospital length of stay by more than 2 days.

FDA Approves Bosutinib for Pediatric Patients With CP-CML

Bosutinib has a new indication in leukemia as a well as a newly-approved formulation.

Combined Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Semaglutide: Analysis of Administrative Claims

Claims data reveal larger hemoglobin A1c decreases in people with type 2 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring and semaglutide compared with semaglutide alone.

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.

Advancing Health Equity Through Medication Formulary Policy

Medication formulary policies represent a key determinant of access to medication and can be leveraged to advance pharmacoequity and health equity writ large.

Using Electronic Health Records and Claims Data to Identify High-risk Patients Likely to Benefit From Palliative Care

Deep learning algorithms could improve palliative care by predicting mortality from electronic health records and claims data.

The Economic and Societal Burden of Alzheimer Disease: Managed Care Considerations

Value-Based Management of Specialty Drugs: Practical Considerations and Implications for Pharmacy

Policy makers and health plans seek value-based management of specialty drugs. This study examines real-world factors that favor some approaches over others and their potential impact.

Combined Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy Impact on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

The combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy is associated with reductions in emergency department visits and inpatient admissions along with lower total cost of care relative to either therapy alone.

Disparities in Surgical Outcomes in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare

This study evaluated differences in racial and ethnic disparities in surgical outcomes between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries, finding consistent but nonuniform smaller disparities within Medicare Advantage.

Association of Opioid Utilization Management With Prescribing and Overdose

Opioid utilization management in Medicare was associated with mixed effects on opioid prescribing, and prior authorization was associated with a decreased likelihood of subsequent overdose.

New Therapies Are Redrawing the Map of Cardiology: Sheng Fu, MD

Sheng Fu, MD, explains why patients with overlapping cardiac, renal, and metabolic disease demand new care models.

“Can You Hear Me Now?”: Postoperative Patient-Initiated Communication With Providers

Patient-provider communication after surgery is critical for patient safety. The growth of patient-provider communication technologies has created opportunities to study postoperative patient-initiated communication.

Barriers to Accessing Online Medical Records in the United States

Patients’ access to and use of online medical records (OMRs) can facilitate better management of their health care needs; however, disparities persist. This study highlights the disparities among individuals’ OMR use and why individuals who are offered OMRs do not use them.

What Managed Care Needs to Know About Cannabinoids and Sleep: Mark Malesker, PharmD

Mark Malesker, PharmD, discusses the clinical evidence, drug interaction risks, and formulary challenges surrounding cannabinoid use for sleep disorders.

Safety vs Price in the Generic Drug Market: Metformin

The 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.

Dosage and Outcomes in a Complex Care Intervention

Associations between intervention dosage and hospital use outcomes were observed among patients enrolled in a care management program serving individuals with complex needs.

Why EOM Participation Was Extremely Low—and How to Fix It

Health Care Utilization in Veterans With Alzheimer Disease

Veterans with Alzheimer disease (AD), identified using clinical notes, have higher health care utilization than veterans without AD.

Hospital Performance in a Statewide Commercial Insurer Episode-Based Incentive Program

Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending.

Insights Into Lipoprotein(a) Screening Trends: Analysis of a Comprehensive US Health Care Dataset

Prevalence, Resource Utilization, and Economic Impact of Kidney Function and Proteinuria in Patients With Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis