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Pen-Che Ho, MS
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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.

Regina Barragan-Carrillo, MD

Regina Barragan-Carrillo, MD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Genitourinary Clinic at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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“Expanding Access Isn’t Just About Fairness—It’s About Building Better Treatments for Everyone”

Regina Barragan-Carrillo, MD, a postdoctoral fellow at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, discussed findings that show 76% of renal cell carcinoma trials take place in wealthy countries, amid news that clinical trial access for the world's poor may become even more challenging.

Chase Dailey, MBA
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Value-Based Care Through Postacute Home Health Under CMS PACT Regulations

Among a patient population defined by CMS postacute care transfer regulations, home health vs no postacute care was associated with reduced 30-day readmissions and costs.

Marcela G. del Carmen, MD, MPH
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Utilization by High-Cost, High-Need Medicaid Patients Receiving Social Worker Care Coordination

Complex Medicaid patients randomly assigned to receive outpatient social worker care coordination services experienced increased hospitalizations but no differences in emergency department visits or costs.

Mary Sheridan, PhD
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Association of Wound Healing With Quality and Continuity of Care and Sociodemographic Characteristics

Based on the analysis of electronic health records from 480 clinics, we found that better care quality and continuity are associated with better-than-expected wound healing performance.

Kolton Gustafson, MPH
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Medicare Expenditures in the First Year of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Diagnosis

Medicare expenditures for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are more than 3 times those of the average Medicare beneficiary, and drug therapies are an important cost driver.

Michael Zhu, BS, BA
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Coordination Without Consolidation? Options for ACOs

Findings published in this issue add to the growing literature showing that multiple types of accountable care organizations (ACOs) can be successful, whether they are confederations of smaller, independent primary care practices or larger, integrated systems.

Brian Shuch, MD
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Contemporary Care Patterns in the Management of Small Renal Masses

An investigation of management patterns after initial radiographic diagnosis of small renal masses showed that early urologist referral was associated with guideline-concordant care.

Kristie L. Kahl
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New Research Further Supports Use of Financial Navigators in Myeloma Care

Patients with multiple myeloma are living longer; therefore, their lifelong treatment expenses can become burdensome.

Michelle Tong, BA
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How Medicare Advantage Plans Use Data for Supplemental Benefits Decision-Making

This article presents findings from interviews conducted with executives from 29 Medicare Advantage plans regarding plan decision-making processes related to new social risk factor–related benefits.

Adam E. Block, PhD
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The Impact of 1-Star Physician Ratings on New Patient Volume

Analysis of a single-specialty practice’s scheduled appointments and reviews of physicians finds that 1-star ratings have a limited but longitudinal influence on new patient volume.

Cheng-Wei Huang, MD
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Telehealth Transitional Care and 30-Day Readmission During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study found that the dramatic shift from face-to-face posthospital transitional care to telehealth did not affect 30-day readmission or mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lori Wiviott Tishler, MD, MPH
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Intensive Care Management of a Complex Medicaid Population: A Randomized Evaluation

The authors present findings of a randomized evaluation of Medicaid patients at an academic medical center, which found that intensive care management was associated with reduced total medical expense.

Lindsay Zepel, MS
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Have Racial Disparities in Home Dialysis Utilization Changed Over Time?

Medicare prospective payment for dialysis modestly increased availability and use of home-based dialysis treatment but did not affect historic racial disparities in home dialysis.

Matthew A. Weissman, MD, MBA
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Hands Down, COVID-19 Will Change Medical Practice

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has challenged us to incorporate technology into engaging, interacting with, and caring for patients, using televisits and video conferencing in ways that have previously been resisted or derided.

Joseph C. English III, MD
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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.

Byron F. Stephens, MD, MSCI
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Operating Room Efficiency of Orthopedic Surgery During the COVID-19 Era

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic.

Dea Papajorgji-Taylor, MPH
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Challenges With Implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare Beneficiaries in an Integrated Health System

This study presents challenges of implementing the CDC-approved Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare beneficiaries at a large, integrated health care delivery system.

Margaret Kabat, LCSW-C, CCM
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Predictors of Discharge From the VA Caregiver Support Program

The year of application predicts discharge from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) caregiver program. Unexpected, disallowed criteria also predict discharge, with significant others facing higher discharge risk than spouses.

J. Stephen Jones, MD
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Service Line Care Delivery Model for COVID-19 Patient-Centric Care

The authors provide steps hospitals can take to align their care delivery model to effectively meet the demands of a public health crisis such as the current pandemic.

Jordan F. Karp, MD
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Integrated Care for Chronic Conditions: A Randomized Care Management Trial

The authors sought to understand the differential impact of payer-led community-based care management approaches on stakeholder-oriented outcomes for publicly insured adults with multiple chronic conditions.

Jarrod Mosier, MD
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Managed Critical Care: Impact of Remote Decision-Making on Patient Outcomes

This work serves as a step toward better understanding the implications of remote critical care intervention by evaluating levels of tele–intensive care unit decision-making authority.

Joan Reibman, MD
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Clinical and Economic Burden of Uncontrolled Severe Noneosinophilic Asthma

Among patients with severe asthma with low eosinophils untreated with biologics, there is a high burden of disease among those who have suboptimal disease control.

Joel Womack, MD
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Advanced Care at Home at Scale in an Integrated Health Care System

Advanced care at home (otherwise known as hospital at home) can be scaled and provide care for a sizable portion of a hospital’s inpatient census, creating hospital capacity in an integrated delivery system.

Sandesh Dev, MD, MS
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Implementation of Early Follow-up Care After Heart Failure Hospitalization

An early heart failure follow-up intervention succeeded in increasing referral to and completion of cardiology appointments within 7 days of discharge. The intervention was associated with lower risk of 30-day all-cause emergency department visits, all-cause hospitalizations, or death.

Benjo Delarmente, MD, PhD, MPP
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Impact of Telemedicine Use on Outpatient-Related CO2 Emissions: Estimate From a National Cohort

Telemedicine was associated with a monthly avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the emissions of 61,255 to 130,076 passenger vehicles.

Benjamin Broder, MD, PhD
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Development and Validation of the COVID-19 Hospitalized Patient Deterioration Index

The authors developed and validated an accurate, well-calibrated, easy-to-implement COVID-19 hospitalized patient deterioration index to identify patients at high or low risk of clinical deterioration.

Michael David Chuong, MD

Michael David Chuong, MD, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida.

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ASCO GI 2026 Recap: Breakthroughs, Community at the Forefront of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research

Presenters shared their personal highlights of attending ASCO GI 2026.

Ezra Golberstein, PhD
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The Extent and Growth of Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage

Prior authorization is a common utilization-management tool among Medicare Advantage plans. However, service-, area-, and carrier-level patterns suggest variation in how plans use prior authorization.

Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH
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Doctors Hate Deductibles: Physicians Pay Thousands to Avoid High Deductibles

Ninety percent of physicians did not select a high-deductible health plan although it would save them $1500 to $4000 per year regardless of health spending.