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Linked Pharmacist-Provider New Patient Visits in Primary CareThis manuscript describes a new interdisciplinary model for scheduling new patients with a clinical pharmacist and a primary care provider to increase productivity.
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Referring Patients for Telephone Counseling to Promote Colorectal Cancer ScreeningIn this pilot study, primary care providers refer patients to a telephone counselor who provides education about colorectal cancer screening and performs motivational interviewing as needed to promote screening.
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Patient Outcomes Associated With Tailored Hospital Programs for Intellectual DisabilitiesPatients with intellectual disabilities who were cared for in hospitals without programs tailored to intellectual disabilities had 6% higher costs, and those with extreme admission severity had 42% higher costs.
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Positive Predictive Values of ICD-9 Codes to Identify Patients With Stroke or TIAThis study determined that ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434.XX, and V12.54 had positive predictive values >90%, and may be used to focus care on stroke patients.
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Tips for Caring for Patients Who Have Been Treated for Childhood CancerSuggestions on how to approach a childhood cancer survivor in your practice, several useful resources, and information on what referrals and tests may be indicated.
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Validation of a Claims-Based Algorithm to Characterize Episodes of CareThe Michigan Value Collaborative has created a claims-based algorithm that categorizes claims into episode components. This manuscript describes the validation of this algorithm.
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Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With Case Finding for Practice-Based Care ManagementCriteria used by primary care physicians to select patients for practice-based care management programs were explored in a qualitative study.
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Periodic Health Examinations and Missed Opportunities Among Patients Likely Needing Mental Health CareAmong patients likely needing mental health care, two-thirds had no discussion or perfunctory discussion of mental health during periodic health exams.
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Response to “e-Consult Implementation Success: Lessons From 5 County-Based Delivery Systems”Partnering teams for delivery of continuity of care between primary care and community behavioral health systems can learn from e-consult implementation.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Tobacco Dependence Intervention Based on Self-Determination TheoryAn intensive tobacco dependence intervention based on selfdetermination theory that targeted all smokers was cost-effective and facilitated patient autonomy, perceived competence, and long-term tobacco abstinence.
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Shifting Cardiovascular Care to Nurses Results in Structured Chronic CareThis study sought to explore if shifting care to nurses in cardiovascular risk management in primary care is a key to more structured chronic care.
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Pediatric Integrated Delivery System's Experience With Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)Experience of a pediatric integrated delivery system with the surge from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is described, emphasizing scale, scope, and flexibility at multiple locations.
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Intensive Care Management of a Complex Medicaid Population: A Randomized EvaluationThe authors present findings of a randomized evaluation of Medicaid patients at an academic medical center, which found that intensive care management was associated with reduced total medical expense.
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Strategies for Identifying and Channeling Patients for Depression Care ManagementThis article examines screening strategies for possible depression in the context of a care management program for chronically ill Medicare recipients.
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Medical Utilization Surrounding Initial Opioid-Related Diagnoses by Coding MethodMedical utilization profiles of commercially insured members with opioid-related disorders differ depending on the code used to document the initial diagnosis in administrative claims.
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Treatment Modification After Initiating Second-Line Medication for Type 2 DiabetesAmong adults with type 2 diabetes who started noninsulin second-line therapy, most modified treatment within 1 year. Discontinuation was by far the most common modification.
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The Need to Level the Playing Field Between Accountable Care Organizations and Medicare AdvantageFor several reasons, including meeting the HHS Secretary’s Medicare quality and value payment goals, the ACO program needs to reformed to equate with Medicare Advantage.
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Pragmatic Clinical Trials: US Payers' Views on Their ValuePayers like key traits of pragmatic clinical trials, but are wary of pharmaceutical companies and plan to carefully scrutinize this new, appealing type of evidence.
