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Medicaid Managed Care: Issues for Enrollees With Serious Mental IllnessThe authors studied Kansas Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness and their experiences with integrated managed care and unmet needs.
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Cost of Care for Malignant and Benign Renal MassesMethods for better identifying malignant versus benign disease before nephrectomy could provide significant benefits to patients and payers.
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A Descriptive Study of Patients Receiving Foundational Financial Assistance Through Local Specialty PharmaciesLocal specialty pharmacies collaborated with a charitable assistance organization to provide a safety net and to facilitate care for patients with chronic illnesses, allowing them to focus on receiving and adhering to medication, rather than on financial toxicity.
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A Physician-led Accountable Care Organization: From Award to ImplementationGaps in ACO implementation readiness are identified as appointment reminders, referral follow-ups, care management, care transition alerts, clinical quality measure knowledge, and resources.
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Hepatitis C Care Cascade Among Persons Born 1945-1965: 3 Medical CentersIn this analysis of patients with newly diagnosed hepatitis C, linkage to care was largely successful in the 1945-1965 birth cohort, but treatment initiation remained low. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Cardiology eConsults for Medicaid PatientsA randomized trial of eConsults for cardiology referrals from primary care resulted in significant reductions in total cost of care compared with traditional face-to-face consultations.
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Health Economic Analysis of Breast Cancer Index in Patients With ER+, LN- Breast CancerThis study projected that the breast cancer index assay is cost saving when used either at diagnosis or at 5 years post diagnosis.
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Effects of Coverage Gap Reform on Adherence to Diabetes MedicationsThe Part D coverage gap reform in 2011 improved adherence to diabetes medications in the coverage gap.
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EMR-Based Medication Adherence Metric Markedly Enhances Identification of Nonadherent PatientsIntegration of written-prescription data into medication adherence measures doubled the number of patients identified as nonadherent and improved prediction of follow-up LDL cholesterol.
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Implications of DRG Classification in a Bundled Payment Initiative for COPDDiagnosis-related group coding determines eligibility for many Medicare bundled payment initiatives. This approach excluded many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease likely to benefit while including others without the disease.
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Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization of Patients With DiabetesGender differences were found in healthcare utilization in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Germany, despite a high rate of enrollment in a disease management program.
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The Emerging Business Models and Value Proposition of Mobile Health ClinicsMobile health clinics represent promising vehicles through which high quality, cost-effective care can be delivered to patients, especially in underserved areas.
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Association Between Different Types of Social Support and Medication AdherenceMedication adherence is most closely associated with emotional and practical support.
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Meaningfully Engaging Patients in ACO Decision MakingThe authors describe a 3-step framework for how accountable care organizations (ACOs) can ensure that patients' needs, values, and preferences are incorporated into ACO governance decisions.
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The Impact of Patient-Centered Medical Homes on Safety Net ClinicsAdopting a patient-centered medical home model in safety net practices can effectively reduce emergency department use and increase the use of office visits among Medicaid patients.
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Changes in Hospital Admissions for Urgent Conditions During COVID-19 PandemicAdmission rates during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were lower than in 2019 for acute medical conditions, suggesting that patients may be deferring necessary medical care.
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Measuring Concurrent Adherence to Multiple Related MedicationsThis study compares the performance of several definitions of concurrent adherence to related medications.
