July 2013

July 22, 2013

Encouraging Value-Based Insurance Designs in State Health Insurance Exchanges

July 19, 2013

Without clinical information, a decrease in use of medications can serve as a proxy for clinical improvement.

July 19, 2013

The authors present a brief summary of the types of payment arrangements that early accountable care organizations are adopting.

July 18, 2013

A payer-sponsored pay-for-performance incentive for smoking status documentation prompted implementation of a systemwide electronic reminder and improved documentation among all healthcare system patients.

July 16, 2013

While there is enormous potential for big data to lead to groundbreaking insights in healthcare, realizing the potential requires specific attention to issues of data quality.

July 16, 2013

Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who are at the lowest levels of healthcare consumption often become some of the highest level consumers in subsequent years.

July 11, 2013

Physician assistants are increasingly valued in health services access and delivery. Missing from predictive modeling has been the retirement rate.

July 10, 2013

We describe the Veterans Health Administration's nationwide patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiative and evaluate interim changes in PCMH-related patient care processes.

July 10, 2013

A model assessing 8 hormonal contraceptive methods found that lower pregnancy costs for the etonogestrel implant and levonorgestrel intrauterine device offset their higher acquisition costs.

July 10, 2013

While more than 75% of hospitals are participating in the federal electronic health record incentive program, small hospitals and Critical Access hospitals lag behind.