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Factors Associated With Primary Care Physician Turnover in the VAThis longitudinal observational study found higher team satisfaction with workload to be significantly associated with lower primary care physician turnover.
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The Implementation of Opioid Prescribing Report Cards in Medicaid Managed Care: A Community Quality CollaborativeThis article describes the Philadelphia Medicaid Opioid Prescribing Initiative that was launched by a multidisciplinary team and mailed local Medicaid providers individualized prescribing report cards.
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Preappointment Surveys and Reminder Calls to Improve Show RatePatients who completed a preappointment survey were significantly more likely to attend their clinic appointment than noncompleters and spent significantly less time in their appointment.
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Consumer-Centric Approach to Enhance Access to Pediatric Specialty CareThe authors’ organization optimized scheduling techniques that improved patient access to pediatric specialists to within 7 calendar days for new patients.
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CMS Needs to Rethink How Medicare Assesses QualityLate 2020 changes make accountable care organizations a canary in the coal mine.
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Association of Guideline-Concordant Care With Survival, Health Care Utilization, and Costs Among Older Women With Advanced Epithelial Ovarian CancerNon–guideline-concordant care for ovarian cancer was associated with higher all-cause and cancer-specific mortality, increased health care utilization, and increased Medicare expenditures, highlighting opportunities for improving cancer care in this vulnerable group.
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Reduced Medical Spending Associated With Integrated Pharmacy BenefitsMembers covered by an integrated pharmacy benefit (as opposed to a pharmacy carve-out) experienced slower growth in medical spending.
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Managing Total Knee Replacement Under Value-Based PaymentsThis article describes the approach that a large primary care group at risk for value-based payments chose to deploy in managing clinical and financial outcomes of knee osteoarthritis jointly with orthopedic surgeons.
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Financial Considerations Influencing Treatment Strategies in PNH Treatment PathwayThe panelists provide their final thoughts, highlighting financial considerations in PNH treatment.
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Association of Social Risks With Avoiding or Delaying Health Care and With Emergency Department Visits: Evidence From 2017 Ohio Medicaid Assessment SurveySocial risks (food insecurity, housing instability, financial strain, health insurance type) are associated with patients’ decisions to avoid/delay health care and increased utilization of the emergency department.
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Implementing Team-Based Telemedicine Workflows in Safety-Net Primary CareTelemedicine in safety-net primary care faces particular challenges. Consistent, team-based workflows can support video visit implementation and health care maintenance in telemedicine visits.
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Dr Bruno Sangro Discusses Results for EMERALD-1 in Unresectable Hepatocellular CarcinomaThe study’s senior author discusses how the combined mechanisms of action produced benefit in progression-free survival.
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes of a Collaborative Cardiology Care ProgramPatients with chronic cardiac conditions benefited from a health care program that strengthened collaboration between general practitioners and cardiology specialists in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
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Revisiting Conclusions on the Empiric Segmentation of High-risk PatientsThe authors provide feedback on generalizations made regarding interventions for high-risk populations in previous research.
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The Association of Social Determinants of Health With Health OutcomesThis study explored the statistical association of key social determinants of health with specific health outcomes to validate impact and then created weighted categorical matrices.
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Impact of Switching Agents in Plaque PsoriasisThe panel details the clinical and economic burden when patients switch between agents in plaque psoriasis.
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Trust Between Patients and Clinicians: An Overlooked and Affordable Approach to Improving US Health CareRaising the visibility of the importance of trust in patient-clinician relationships can help ensure it is acknowledged and incorporated into policy and tactical considerations.
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Novel Multicancer Early Detection Technology––Potential Value to Employers and the WorkforceMulticancer early detection technology could help reduce cancer mortality compared to the current strategy of single-cancer screening tests.
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Covishield India: Demystifying Myths Through an Early Multicenter Safety StudyThis was a multicenter study carried out in India to study the adverse and systemic effects of the indigenously developed Covishield vaccine.
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Reimagining the Inpatient Palliative Care Consult: Lessons From COVID-19Digital innovations in palliative care during COVID-19 have changed how hospitalized patients receive palliative care. We propose an approach to implement new models at scale.
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Mental Health Service Utilization Review Patterns in a Medicaid Managed Care ProgramMedicaid managed care utilization review data for mental health services were analyzed for the calendar years 2017 and 2018. These data indicate low rates of utilization review denials for both inpatient and outpatient mental health services.
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Community Health Workers’ Critical Role in Trust Building Between the Medical System and Communities of ColorThe authors interrogate elements of routine medical practice in New York City to argue for reforms of hospital culture through relational trust-building capabilities of community health workers.
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Spending Patterns Among Commercially Insured Individuals During the COVID-19 PandemicIn this analysis of more than 97 million commercially insured individuals, investigators found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced a spending shock in 2020 and that health care spending did not recover to baseline until mid-2021.
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Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Long-term Opioid TreatmentLittle is known about opioid prescribing patterns in patients with chronic overlapping pain conditions. This study suggests target populations for interventions to manage chronic pain.
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Clinic Price Reductions in a Tiered Total Cost Benefit DesignFindings of this evaluation of primary care clinic responses in a tiered total cost of care benefit design suggest that clinics respond by reducing prices.
