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Innovative Care Models for High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: Delivery System and Payment Reform to Accelerate AdoptionThis paper illustrates how Medicare Advantage plans and accountable care organizations could benefit from adopting innovative care delivery models, and suggests policy changes to accelerate spread.
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The Association of Health Literacy Domains With Hospitalizations and MortalityDespite previous research evidence, this study did not reveal an overall association of health literacy, numeracy, and graph literacy with all-cause hospitalizations or mortality.
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Progress of Diabetes Severity Associated With Severe Hypoglycemia in TaiwanRapid progression of diabetes complications was associated with higher risk of severe hypoglycemia.
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Bending the Curve Through Health Reform ImplementationAuthors from The Brookings Institution update their recommendations by focusing on 3 concrete objectives to slow spending and improve quality of care within the next 5 years.
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Understanding the Financial Return to Investments in the Social Determinants of HealthThe policy community should consider these concrete suggestions to address the challenges presented by social determinants of health.
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6 Connected Patient Challenge Finalists to Compete in Live Pitch-OffThe 6 finalists will pitch their innovations at Google’s campus February 27 for a chance to win up to $50,000 in in-kind services from Boston Scientific and Google.
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Continuity of Outpatient Care and Avoidable Hospitalization: A Systematic ReviewHigher continuity of care was statistically significant and was associated with fewer ambulatory care–sensitive condition hospitalizations.
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Physician Perception of Reimbursement for Outpatient Procedures Among Managed Care Patients With Diabetes MellitusPerception of reimbursement was associated with electrocardiography but not with other common outpatient procedures. Future research should investigate how associations change with perceived reimbursement amount.
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Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients From Brand to Generic MedicationWe conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess whether adding a peer testimonial to a mailing increases conversion rates from brand name prescription medications to lower-cost equivalents.
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Finding Cancer at HomeOne medical student’s search for answers about her sister’s cancer leads her to realize that health information exchange can support the development of more sophisticated approaches to identifying root causes of disease.
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Developing an Incentives Playbook: Aligning Influences in the Era of ReformTo optimize the impact of delivery system and payment reforms, healthcare system leaders may need to align organizational incentives with those facing frontline providers while also considering a wide range of factors that influence providers' choices.
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Personalized Preventive Care Reduces Healthcare Expenditures Among Medicare Advantage BeneficiariesThis study investigated the impact of an enhanced preventive care delivery system on healthcare expenditure and utilization trends among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
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Is There a Survival Benefit Within a German Primary Care-Based Disease Management Program?Patients with type 2 diabetes in a German disease management program had a lower mortality rate after 3 years than those not in the program.
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Genomic Testing and Therapies for Breast Cancer in Clinical PracticeDespite almost universal testing for human-epidermal-growth-factor-receptor-2 (HER2), many women with a HER2-positive cancer may not receive trastuzumab. Fewer women received the newer gene-expression-profile (GEP) test.
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Evidence Gaps in Advanced Cancer Care: Community-Based Clinicians' Perspectives and Priorities for CERComparative effectiveness research and pragmatic clinical trials are valued methods to address the limitations of traditional randomized trials, answer questions of cost-effectiveness or noninferiority, and inform data-driven dialogue and decision making by stakeholders.
