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John Bertko, BS
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Premium Tax Credits in the American Rescue Plan and Off-Marketplace Enrollees

We estimate that the median 2021 premium tax credit for off-marketplace enrollees in California would be $311 if they switched to marketplace plans, with wide variation by age and plan size.

Donald S. Likosky, PhD
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Care Fragmentation Predicts 90-Day Durable Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes

This analysis evaluates the relationship between hospital care delivery network fragmentation and in-hospital and 90-day outcomes. These networks may be novel targets for improving outcomes.

Stephanie A. Eisenstat, MD
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Understanding Physicians’ Work via Text Analytics on EHR Inbox Messages

This study leverages text analytics to identify work themes managed by primary care physicians in their electronic health record (EHR) inbox messages and inform managers on workflow redesign.

Nathan Markward, PhD, MPH
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Considerations to Increase Rates of Breast Cancer Screening Across Populations

Authors from the Community Oncology Alliance and Avalere Health present data that show breast cancer screening rates recovered more slowly among some racial/ethnic groups following on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sara Poplau, BA
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Teamwork Enhances Patient Experience: Linking TEAM and Net Promoter Scores

In 1386 providers, better teamwork related to higher patient Net Promoter Score (NPS), and the relationship between provider experience and NPS was mediated by teamwork.

Susan McGinley, MSN, CRNP
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Economics of a Health System’s Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine for Its Employees

A direct-to-consumer telemedicine service resulted in lower per-episode unit costs for care within 7 days and only marginally increased the use of services overall.

Paul Weisbruch, 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.

Douglas A. Streat, MPH
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More Than “Beating the Benchmark”: 5 Medicare ACOs, 2015-2019

This retrospective cohort study compared the results of 5 Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs) vs both ACO benchmarks and regional comparators over 4 years.

Yi Xin, MS
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Effective Prevention and Management of COVID-19 in Outpatient Hemodialysis Patients

The authors introduce a mobile phone app that may effectively prevent and manage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in outpatient hemodialysis patients in Sichuan Province, China.

Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP
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Economics of a Health System’s Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine for Its Employees

A direct-to-consumer telemedicine service resulted in lower per-episode unit costs for care within 7 days and only marginally increased the use of services overall.

Tia L. Kauffman, MPH
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Impact of Expanded Carrier Screening on Health Care Utilization

This study shows little evidence of harms or increased health care utilization for people receiving negative (normal) results of expanded carrier screening through genome sequencing.

Renee Y. Hsia, MD, MSc
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Insurance Payer Is Associated With Length of Stay After Traumatic Brain Injury

Among hospitalized patients with traumatic brain injury, Medicaid fee-for-service was associated with longer hospital stays than private insurance and Medicaid managed care organizations.

Zsolt Hepp, PharmD, MSc
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Health Care Resource Utilization, Quality Metrics, and Costs of Bladder Cancer Within the Oncology Care Model

Spending on novel therapies in high-risk bladder cancer had minimal impact on Oncology Care Model payments to practices, according to this cohort study and an average performance estimation.

John A. Rockwell, MS, MBA
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A “Sludge Audit” for Health System Colorectal Cancer Screening Services

A systematic, mixed methods “sludge audit” identified novel health system delivery targets for improving colorectal cancer screening services.

Jun Yan, PhD
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Accountable Care Organizations and HPV Vaccine Uptake: A Multilevel Analysis

The authors evaluated whether adolescents receiving care at accountable care organizations (ACOs) vs non-ACOs were more likely to initiate and complete the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination series.

Steven Henry, PharmD
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A Standardized Care Pathway Increases Optimal Dialysis Starts

The authors observed a significant increase in optimal starts for dialysis and in peritoneal dialysis rates after implementing a standardized end-stage renal disease transition pathway.

Carrie Levin, PhD
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Telemedicine Utilization and Preventive Services Among a Rural Population

Telemedicine use in rural areas was associated with a higher likelihood of utilizing preventive services.

Bryan S. Walsh, JD
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CAAP Rule and Prescription Drug Prices

This article describes a recently finalized CMS rule addressing the permissibility of co-pay accumulator adjustment programs (CAAPs) when no generic is available.

Brendan T. Keenan, MS
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Cost-effectiveness of a 3-Year Tele-Messaging Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure Use

Long-term tele-messaging was more effective than no messaging and short-term messaging for positive airway pressure use, and it was highly likely to be cost-effective with an acceptable willingness-to-pay threshold.

Michael Vasconcelles, MD
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What’s Next for Real-World Evidence in Oncology?

Recent steps by FDA to promote the use of real-world evidence are to be commended, but the future demands a broader vision that makes greater use of growing sources of health care information.

Dawn Webster, MPAS, PA-C
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Teamwork Enhances Patient Experience: Linking TEAM and Net Promoter Scores

In 1386 providers, better teamwork related to higher patient Net Promoter Score (NPS), and the relationship between provider experience and NPS was mediated by teamwork.

Rebecca Kahn, MD, FACOG | Image Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Rebecca Khan, MD, FACOG

Rebecca Khan, MD, FACOG, practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 21 years before serving as the director of women’s health for BioReference® Laboratories, LLC. Currently, Khan works in medical affairs at Thermo Fisher Scientific with a focus on placental biomarkers, sFlt-1 and PlGF.

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Contributor: More Informed Management of Preeclampsia Is Necessary

At present, it is difficult for clinicians to identify patients at greatest risk for developing preeclampsia with severe features and tailor treatment plans for them; this difficulty increases costs significantly.

Stephen T. Parente, PhD, MPH, MS
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Comparing Spending Across Medicare Programs

As Medicare Advantage increasingly becomes the dominant form of Medicare coverage, Congress must improve transparency of programmatic costs and benefits to promote beneficiary choice.

Paige Organick-Lee, MPH
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Addressing STIs Through Managed Care: Opportunities in Medicaid and Beyond

Medicaid and other managed care organizations could take several key steps to respond to the sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic in the US, including congenital syphilis.

Lu Wang, PhD
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Inappropriate Wrist MRI: Did Guidelines Have an Impact?

This article analyzes the use of MRI in a national sample of patients with wrist pain before and after consensus guideline publication.

Minh Wendt, PhD
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Service Utilization by High-Need, High-Cost Patients Following Emergency Department Visits

This article provides insights into patterns of health care use following emergency department visits by high-need, high-cost patients with different types of California Medicaid primary care providers.

Brian Reid, MS
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Communication of Launch Prices by Drug Companies, 2022-2024

Two-thirds of pharmaceutical companies did not proactively release the launch price of their medications from 2022 to 2024.

Joshua J. Solano, MD
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COVID-19 Control in the United States: The Case for Masking

In the control of COVID-19, the future perfect of the vaccine should not be the enemy of the present good, which is masking.

Michael J. Follick, PhD
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Behavior-Based Diabetes Management: Impact on Care, Hospitalizations, and Costs

The Diabetes Care Rewards program offers a business case for health plans to promote engagement through use of contingent incentives, thus improving health outcomes and lowering costs.

Amy C. Lockwood, DNP
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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.