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Rabia Sağlam Aksüt, PhD, RN
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Effect of Home Care After Cardiac Surgery

A multidisciplinary approach and symptom management are both vital components of home care to provide continuity of care after cardiac surgery because they decrease symptoms and readmissions to the hospital and increase self-efficacy.

Jennifer Peterson, MHA
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Differences in Savings and Quality by Type of ACO Model

2016-2018 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Medicare Shared Savings Program cost and quality data show similar performance, suggesting that increasing financial risk to health systems may not affect performance.

Maria Sae-Hau, PhD
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Health Insurance, Blood Cancer Care, and Outcomes: A Literature Review

doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88733

Stephen Woods, MD
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Managing Total Knee Replacement Under Value-Based Payments

This article describes the approach that a large primary care group at risk for value-based payments chose to deploy in managing clinical and financial outcomes of knee osteoarthritis jointly with orthopedic surgeons.

K. Ryan Connolly, MD, MS
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Impact of the Collaborative Care Model on Medical Spending

Modest spending on integrated mental health services in primary care, facilitated by use of new collaborative care billing codes, did not increase overall health care costs.

Kim G. Smolderen, PhD
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Telehealth User Experiences During COVID-19: A Case Study of Outpatient Cardiovascular Clinics Affiliated With a Large Academic Practice

In cardiovascular clinics during COVID-19, notable barriers to successful telehealth use included obtaining diagnostic information needed to deliver high-quality care and technology-related challenges for patients.

Genna Cohen, PhD
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Incorporating Health IT Into Primary Care Transformation

Longitudinal evaluation of an advanced primary care reform effort found some improvements in health information technology (IT) offerings and use as well as opportunities to improve future collaboration.

Melody Gray, BSN, RN, CCM
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Transitional Care Management Visits to Improve Coordination of Care

Inspira Care Connect, LLC, an accountable care organization, incorporated transitional care management services into its postdischarge follow-up process to prevent avoidable utilization of health care services and costs.

Laura Rudder Huff, BA
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Adopting Good Practices for High-Deductible Health Plans Can Help Employers Build Better Health Benefits

Survey results demonstrate an opportunity to incorporate good practices for high-deductible health plans that can help enrollees maximize value and better navigate their benefits and treatment options.

Ariella Krones, MD
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Understanding Suboptimal e-Consult Requests: Lessons From the VA

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinicians’ perspectives on what constitutes a good e-consult and why suboptimal e-consult requests occur contain broadly applicable lessons for other health systems.

Carrie R. Howell, PhD
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Measuring Continuity of Care for Diabetes: Which Visits to Include?

This study examined how inclusion of different provider specialties affected Continuity of Care Index values, year-to-year stability, and association with emergency department visits.

Sadie Dobrozsi, MD, MS
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Navigating Risk, Treatment, and Reimbursement in Precision Oncology: Sadie Dobrozsi, MD

Sadie Dobrozsi, MD, of Evolent, discusses how predictive genomics is pushing cancer care into a new era of personalization

Betty Fout, PhD
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An Analysis of Medicare Accountable Care Organization Expense Reports

The authors of this study examined expense reports to understand how participants in Medicare’s Accountable Care Organization Investment Model spent to achieve program goals.

Horacio Gomez-Acevedo, PhD
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Predictive Models for Low Birth Weight: A Comparative Analysis of Algorithmic Fairness–Improving Approaches

This study compared 6 algorithmic fairness–improving approaches for low-birth-weight predictive models and found that they improved accuracy but decreased sensitivity for Black populations.

Hari Nathan, MD, PhD
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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.

Chris Sahr, MS, MBA
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Unfulfilled Home Health Referrals Lead to Higher Mortality Among Medicare Advantage Members

Medicare Advantage members referred to home health after acute hospitalization who did not receive home health services had higher mortality at 30, 90, and 180 days.

J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
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Assessment of Structured Data Elements for Social Risk Factors

An expert panel identified and assessed electronic health record and health information exchange structured data elements to support future development of social risk factor computable phenotyping.

Wei Huang, BS
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Patient Satisfaction With Letter-Based Communication of LCS Pulmonary Nodule Results

Patients were satisfied with receiving their lung cancer screening (LCS) pulmonary nodule results via letter and considered the amount of information provided in the letter appropriate.

Allen Twigg, MBA, LCPC
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Go for Bold: Improving Outcomes One Pound at a Time

The Go for Bold initiative, which aims to help individuals in Washington County, Maryland, lose 1 million lb by 2030, serves as a successful, replicable model for community-wide health improvement.

Naomi Tamez, BS
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A Cue-to-Action Pilot Project to Increase Screening Mammography

A targeted cue-to-action campaign of outreach, education, and incentive can improve uptake of screening mammography.

Anita K. Wagner, PharmD, DrPH, MPH
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More Employers Offer Preventive Drug Lists Over Time

More large employers with high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts offer preventive drug list benefits over time.

Jason B. Gibbons, PhD
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Adjusting Starting Points for Initial Price Offers: The Example of Ibrutinib

Ibrutinib has been selected for Medicare price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act. The authors summarize the House Oversight Committee investigation to be considered by CMS during the price negotiation process.

Allen Hu, BS
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Access to Consultative Dermatologic Care via Physician-to-Physician Asynchronous Outpatient Teledermatology

Direct access of primary care physicians to dermatologists via asynchronous teledermatology improves a health system’s ability to increase patient access to dermatologic care.

Fei Deng, MBBS
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Prevention and Management of COVID-19 in Hemodialysis Centers

This article gives recommendations for individual hemodialysis centers worldwide to ensure the safety and effectiveness of patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis based on the experience of such a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Sichuan province of China.

W. Timothy Garvey, MD
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Overcoming Weight Bias in Health Care Systems

This commentary calls for health care systems to deliver equitable care for people living with obesity by addressing weight bias and updating standards in obesity care.

Bishnu Bahadur Thapa, MPA
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Impacts of Community-Based Care Program on Health Care Utilization and Cost

A community-based care management program in Rhode Island reduced hospitalizations and inpatient costs. There were stark differences across subgroups based on intensity of care.

Candy Magaña, MPA
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Potential Health Literacy Resources for Health Plans: A Narrative Review

Several evidence-based health literacy resources may be beneficial in health plan settings to improve organizational health literacy, personal health literacy, and health equity.

Marisa Rogers, MD, MPH
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Driving Healthier Outcomes Through Comprehensive, Team-Based Care: Q&A With Marisa Rogers, MD, MPH

In 2025, each issue of Population Health, Equity & Outcomes will feature a profile of a health system leader transforming care in their area of expertise. This issue spotlights a conversation with Marisa Rogers, MD, MPH, chief medical officer at Oak Street Health.

Emma M. Achola, PhD
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Increased Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

Increasing Medicare Advantage payments for full Medicaid enrollees was not associated with meaningful changes in inpatient or nursing home use.

Jennifer Lochner, MD
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Collaborative Care Implementation: Lessons Learned

The authors drafted a “Shared Values of Collaborative Care” document with fundamental principles to make better group decisions in implementing collaborative care.