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Unmet Health Care and Health-Related Social Needs of Laundromat Users

Laundromats offer a promising outreach setting for Medicaid payers because Medicaid enrollees represent a majority of laundromat users and have disproportionately high levels of unmet needs.

Burden of EPS in Commercial Patients With Schizophrenia Initiating Atypical Antipsychotics

This study investigated the 1-year incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), as well as the incremental economic burden, in patients with schizophrenia initiating atypical antipsychotics.

Improving Treatment Adherence With LAIs for Comorbid Schizophrenia, Substance Use Disorder

Joshua Kaufman, MD, of CDPHP, discusses the significance of long-acting injectables (LAIs) in improving adherence, reducing the risk of relapse, and preventing hospitalizations.

Transition-to-Dialysis Planning, Health Care Use, and Mortality in End-Stage Renal Disease

A planned transition to dialysis was associated with improved outcomes and lower mortality. These findings may inform care coordination policies for end-stage renal disease.

New AASM Guideline Sheds Light on Combination Therapy for Chronic Insomnia: Salma Patel, MD

Salma Patel, MD, shares findings from the implementation of combination therapy recommendations for patients with chronic insomnia.

Improving Remote Dermatology Care, Diagnosis, and Clinical Trial Diversity: James Song, MD

James Song, MD, discusses the direction teledermatology is heading and how more inclusive clinical trials can improve outcomes for patients of color.

Insights Into Patient Portal Engagement Leveraging Observational Electronic Health Data

This analysis of more than 250,000 adults at least 50 years old with chronic conditions showed lower portal use among older, non–English-speaking, and Black patients, underscoring digital health equity gaps.

Contributor: A Practical Path Forward to More Patient-Centered Value Assessment

To ensure that value assessment accounts for patient needs, we need a better understanding of the outcomes that are most important to patients, write authors from COVIA Health Solutions and the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.

Do Localized Disasters Impact Clinical Measures of Health Care Quality?

This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores.

Medication Use for Patients With Obesity: Trends and Characteristics for US Employees

This retrospective analysis examines employees with obesity and reports on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use, comorbidities, and work outcomes over time.

How English- and Spanish-Preferring Patients With Cancer Decide on Emergency Care

Care delivery innovations to help patients with cancer avoid emergency department visits are underused. The authors interviewed English- and Spanish-preferring patients at 2 diverse health systems to understand why.

Financial Incentives Tied to Medicare Star Ratings: Impact on Influenza Vaccination Uptake in Medicare Beneficiaries

Influenza vaccine uptake improved among Medicare Advantage enrollees when influenza vaccination was introduced as a performance metric in Medicare star ratings and accompanying bonus payments.

Impact of Travel Distance on Quality Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer

This study identified characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer who traveled farther for surgery and found that those who traveled tended to stay longer at the hospital.

Assessing Opportunities to Advance Quality Measures in Adult Obesity

Obesity is a serious chronic disease and risk factor for a broad range of outcomes. This study identifies opportunities for improving quality in obesity care.

Primary Care Practice Structural Capabilities in Health Professional Shortage Areas

Nurse practitioners are increasingly meeting primary care demands in underserved areas and are more likely to deliver structural capabilities related to chronic disease management.

Geographic Variability of Medicaid Acceptance Among Allergists in the US

The proportion of allergists accepting Medicaid in the US varied significantly among and within states.

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.

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.

Defining Appropriate Quality Performance Metrics for Pharmacies Dispensing Oral Oncology Therapies

Trends in Acupuncture Billing by a Large Commercial Insurer

A large commercial insurer is increasingly covering acupuncture, which is a safe and effective alternative to opioids, for multiple pain conditions.

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.

Early Signs of Success for Missouri’s New Notification of Pregnancy

This report suggests that a unified approach to comprehensive data collection, led by a state Medicaid agency, can improve opportunities for engagement in pregnancy care management.

Congress Must Protect Physicians From Medicare Cuts: MGMA

The Medical Group Management Association offers an analysis of pending legislation that could help health care practices better serve patients.

Long-Term Remission in Ph-Negative B-ALL With Sequential CAR T, ASCT

Patients achieve a high 2-year survival and deep MRD-negative remissions with CAR T-cell therapy followed by stem cell transplant in B-cell ALL.

Real-world HIV Diagnostic Testing Patterns in the United States

This retrospective study evaluated real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV algorithm in a large US laboratory.

Association of Physician Specialty With Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment and Costs

In this retrospective cohort study of patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis, the authors examine the association of treatment selection and costs with physician specialty.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Adherence in a Health System Specialty Pharmacy

Integrated health system specialty pharmacies provide specialized services to patients, resulting in high rates of adherence to and financial assistance with specialty disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

Evaluating Satisfaction With Pharmacist-Provided MTM Services in a Medicaid Population

Medication therapy management (MTM) services were performed with a cohort of Medicaid patients, and their satisfaction with the program was assessed as part of a quality improvement initiative.

Classifying Clinical Work Settings Using EHR Audit Logs: A Machine Learning Approach

An automated pipeline of frequency representation and machine learning models on raw electronic health record (EHR) audit logs can classify work settings based on clinical work activities.

Initial Maintenance Therapy Adherence Among Older Adults With Asthma-COPD Overlap

Older adults with coexisting asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), known as asthma-COPD overlap, who take fixed-dose combinations of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β agonists may be less likely to have persistent low adherence to initial maintenance therapy.