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Reducing Out-of-Pocket Cost Barriers to Specialty Drug Use Under Medicare Part D: Addressing the Problem of "Too Much Too Soon"Medicare claims analyses offer insight into how proposed policy changes would affect out-of-pocket prescription costs for Part D beneficiaries requiring specialty drugs.
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Data Breach Locations, Types, and Associated Characteristics Among US HospitalsDespite the high level of hospital adoption of electronic health records and the federal incentives to do so, the most common type of data breach in hospitals occurred with paper records and films.
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Post-SNF Outcomes and Cost Comparison: Medicare Advantage vs Traditional MedicarePatients enrolled in Medicare Advantage had better outcomes and lower cost following skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge than patients enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
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Access to Chiropractic Care and the Cost of Spine Conditions Among Older AdultsAmong older adults who have a spine condition, access to chiropractic care may reduce medical spending on diagnostic services.
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Patients' Perspectives of Care Management: A Qualitative StudyRisk-stratified care management is a cornerstone of patient-centered medical home models, but studies on patients’ perspectives of it are scarce. We explored patients’ experiences with care management, what they found useful, and what needs improvement.
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Addressing the Primary Care Workforce CrisisAs delivery system reforms increasingly rely on a strong primary care workforce, policies are needed to grow and strengthen this workforce.
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Deprescribing in the Context of Multiple Providers: Understanding Patient PreferencesDeprescribing could reduce the risk of harm from inappropriate medications. Understanding patient attitudes regarding which clinicians can make deprescribing recommendations can facilitate effective design and implementation of interventions.
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Applying Weighting Methodologies to a Commercial Database to Project US Census Demographic DataThis study tests the feasibility of projecting commercial insurance demographic information to the US Census population, and creating the framework for a simple weighting scheme.
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Physician Assistants/Associates at 6 DecadesThis paper reviews the status of physician assistants/associates, an essential component of the US health care workforce. The evidence of their clinical performance and utilization trends are illustrated.
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Gauging the Experiences of the Seriously Ill in California: Analyzing Serious Illness Beyond Medicare Fee-for-ServiceSignificant populations of seriously ill individuals are insured by all lines of business and have meaningfully different needs and medical histories in California.
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The Role of Behavioral Health Services in Accountable Care OrganizationsData suggest that behavioral health providers and services must be included as core components of accountable care organizations to achieve desired health and cost outcomes.
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Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Requires BOTH Intensive Lifestyle Interventions and Population-Wide ApproachesThe CDC's director of the Division of Diabetes Translation discusses the scientific evidence that supports the need for both lifestyle interventions and population-level efforts to combat type 2 diabetes in the United States.
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Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data ModelThe authors demonstrate the utility of distributed data models for reporting of local trends and variation in utilization, pricing, and spending for commercially insured beneficiaries.
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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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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.
