Economic Implications of Weight Change in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
September 4th 2014Modest weight loss (>3%) among metformin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was associated with decreased costs, lower resource utilization, and lower rates of treatment discontinuation.
Synchronization of Coverage, Benefits, and Payment to Drive Innovation
September 3rd 2014Implementation of payment reform, without a corresponding change to coverage, benefit, and other payment requirements, creates conflicting incentives that may nullify the intended aim of payment reform: to improve health outcomes, while saving costs.
Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data Model
August 21st 2014The authors demonstrate the utility of distributed data models for reporting of local trends and variation in utilization, pricing, and spending for commercially insured beneficiaries.
Personalized Preventive Care Reduces Healthcare Expenditures Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries
August 20th 2014This study investigated the impact of an enhanced preventive care delivery system on healthcare expenditure and utilization trends among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
Contemporary Use of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Cardiovascular Events
August 20th 2014Use of dual antiplatelet therapy was modest for patients with existing cardiovascular disease for whom subgroup analysis from a landmark clinical trial suggested benefit in preventing cardiovascular events, and low for patients with multiple risk factors without established cardiovascular disease, for whom increased cardiovascular events were suggested.