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Longer Hospital Length of Stay is Not Related to Better Clinical Outcomes in Congestive Heart Failure

The National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative: Payer and Provider Collaborations in Oncology Benefits Management

This article highlights the work of the National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative.

Leveraging EHRs for Patient Engagement: Perspectives on Tailored Program Outreach

Divergent reactions among women at high risk for diabetes highlight challenges of implementing tailored outreach messages, driven by electronic health records, to promote patient engagement in preventive lifestyle programs.

A Systematic Review of Diabetes Disease Management Programs

Hospital Admissions and MS: Temporal Trends and Patient Characteristics

An examination of hospitalization patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis with a focus on the association with time and patient characteristics.

Cost of Delivering Centralized and Decentralized Reminder/Recall for Vaccinations to Children and Adolescents in an ACO

Centralized reminder/recall (R/R) is less costly to deliver than decentralized R/R for both children and adolescents when implemented for patients within an accountable care organization.

Drug Therapy Persistence and Stroke Recurrence

Value-Based Payment Models in Oncology: Will They Help or Hinder Patient Access to New Treatments?

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions recently interviewed individuals from health plans, providers, and clinical pathway developers that are participating, supporting, or evaluating oncology payment models to understand what approaches are perceived to be working, the early results, and the potential impact on innovation.

Prostate Cancer Screening

Socioeconomic Disparities Across Ethnicities: An Application to Cervical Cancer Screening

An examination of socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer screening across ethnic groups in the United States using concentration indices and probit regression analyses.

Cancer Screening Across the Aging Continuum

The article reviews the current state of knowledge regarding screening guidelines for older adults and gives recommendations for healthcare providers working with older adults.

Beneficiary Engagement in Medicare's Alternative Payment Models: From Serendipity to Active Choice

This article explores elements of patient and consumer engagement implicated by Medicare’s alternative payment models, emphasizing the potential for shopping and use of cost information.

Can an Algorithm for Appropriate Prescribing Predict Adverse Drug Events?

Comparative Effectiveness Research and Formulary Placement: The Case of Diabetes

Initial Success, Frequent Recurrence

Interview with David Siegel, MD, chief of the Division of Multiple Myeloma, John Theurer Cancer Center

CURATA: A Patient Health Management Program for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis in Québec: An Integrated Approach to Improving the Appropriate Utilization of Anti-Inflammatory/Analgesic Medications

Combination Vaccine Use and Vaccination Quality in a Managed Care Population

Estimating Angina Prevalence in a Managed Care Population

Development of Multipayer Claims-Based Emergency Department Episodes of Care

Thirty-day episodes of care initialized by emergency department visits can inform future quality improvement efforts.

Contributor: Reimagining Beneficiary Engagement in Accountable Care Models to Make America Healthy Again

The authors call for policy reforms that could strengthen patient-provider relationships, support care innovation, and improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries.

Senate Backs Bipartisan Bill to Speed Drugs and Avert Shortages

Treating to Target: Implementing an Effective Diabetes Care Paradigm for Managed Care

Pharmacy Team Engagement in Navigating the Revenue Cycle for High-Cost Medications in Patients With Cancer

With the clinical and financial implications of high-cost medications, and their impact on health system revenue, it is of utmost importance for all key stakeholders to be engaged in the complex revenue cycle.

General Medical Claims for Behavioral Health Patients in Japan

This Japanese cohort shows that behavioral health service users had health care costs higher than those of individuals who did not use behavioral health services, yet lower than the costs demonstrated by studies in US populations.

Oncology Practice Transformation Helps Deliver Patient-Centered Cancer Care in a Community Oncology Practice

One 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.

Strategies for Individualizing Management of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma: A Managed Care Perspective

Leading Multi-sector Collaboration: Lessons From the Aligning Forces for Quality National Program Office

Early Clinical Experience With Networked System for Promoting Patient Self-Management

A networked system designed to promote patient self-management appears to be safe and effective in capturing, integrating, and presenting medication adherence and physiologic information.

Changing Demographics Among Populations Prescribed HCV Treatment, 2013-2017

From 2013 to 2017, the population of US patients prescribed treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) changed, becoming predominantly treatment-naïve and having received care in nonacademic centers.

Understanding and Improving Value Frameworks With Real-World Patient Outcomes

New value frameworks should incorporate real-world evidence that reflects patient treatment behavior, adherence to medication, and equity concerns arising from disparities in care.