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Physician Billing for Advance Care Planning Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2016–2021

The Permanente Journal
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started reimbursing practitioners for their time spent providing advance care planning (ACP) with patients. This study assessed utilization of this policy by examining trends in ACP billing across medical specialties from 2016 to 2021 and differences in ACP service volume by metropolitan status.The ...
Nan Wang, Changchuan Jiang, Elizabeth Paulk, Tianci Wang, Xin Hu   +4 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
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Exploring the Burden on Patients Living With and Receiving Treatment for Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): Patient and Physician Perceptions From the ITP World Impact Survey (I‐WISh) 2.0

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited data exist on how patients and physicians perceive immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) symptoms and treatment‐related burden. I‐WISh (ITP World Impact Survey) 2.0 surveyed 1018 patients and 431 physicians in 15 countries to characterize the impact of ITP and its treatments on patients.
Nichola Cooper, James Bussel, Waleed Ghanima, Drew Provan, Yoshiaki Tomiyama, Ming Hou, Donald M. Arnold, Cristina Santoro, Francesco Zaja, Barbara Lovrencic, Mervyn Morgan, Michal Winograd, Jennifer DiRaimo, Danielle Boyle, Olivera Rajkovic‐Hooley, Meritxell Vendranas, Susan Frade, Caroline Kruse   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Efficiency Assessment of Primary Care Models Using Data Envelopment Analysis [PDF]

This paper compares the productive efficiencies of four models of primary care service delivery in Ontario, Canada, using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method.
William Hogg, Simone Dahrouge, Olga Milliken, Rose Anne Devlin, Vicky Barham, Grant Russell   +5 more
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Fee Disclosure in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans: Background and Current Legislation [PDF]

, 2008
This report provides information on the kinds of fees that are charged in 401(K) and other defined contribution plans and details the provisions of three bills that address fee disclosure in retirement ...
Topoleski, John J.
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The Changing Landscape of Maintenance Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: A Systematic Review With Network Meta‐Analysis of the European Myeloma Network (EMN)

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
Our meta‐analysis showed significant improvement of PFS with lenalidomide, proteasome inhibitors, and CD38‐based therapies. A significant OS benefit was noted only with lenalidomide in transplant‐eligible (TE) patients, while CD38‐directed therapy showed a trend toward improved OS.
Heinz Ludwig, Evangelos Terpos, Francesca Gay, Niels W. C. J. van de Donk, Sarah Bernhard, Monika Engelhardt, Gordon Cook, Fredrik Schjesvold, Hermann Einsele, Graham Jackson, Charlotte Pawlyn, María‐Victoria Mateos, Sonja Zweegman, Martin Schreder, Meral Beksaç, Christoph Driessen, Enrique M. Ocio, Rakesh Popat, Leo Rasche, Cyrille Touzeau, Pellegrino Musto, Annemiek Broijl, Meletios Dimopoulos, Roman Hajek, Mario Boccadoro, Pieter Sonneveld   +25 more
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Does Contracting Out Increase the Efficiency of Government Programs? Evidence from Medicaid HMOs [PDF]

State governments contract with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to coordinate medical care for nearly 20 million Medicaid recipients. Identifying the causal effect of HMO enrollment on government spending and health care quality is difficult if ...
Mark Duggan
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Shadow education as local education policy: how secretariats of education promote privatisation of test preparation services for the Saber 11 exam in Colombia’s public schools

Education Inquiry
This article investigates how Colombia’s decentralised Secretariats of Education (SoE) institutionalise exam-oriented preparation for Sabre 11, the mandatory upper-secondary exit exam governing higher-education access.
Jorge Celis
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Dordaviprone Maintenance After Allogeneic HCT for High‐Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Neoplasm

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dordaviprone is a first‐in‐class small‐molecule imipridone. In preclinical studies, it is active against leukemia cells harboring a TP53 mutation or complex karyotype and leukemia stem cells while sparing normal bone marrow cells. This study aimed to determine the safety of dordaviprone maintenance after allogeneic hematopoietic cell ...
Vijaya Raj Bhatt, Christopher S. Wichman, Alyssa Bouska, Moataz Ellithi, Michael Haddadin, Javeed Iqbal, James E. Talmadge, Lori J. Maness, Krishna Gundabolu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

From LOS to VMT: Repurposing Impact Fee Programs Since Adoption of SB 743 [PDF]

Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 049 USDOT Grant 69A3551747114This white paper assesses how cities are modifying transportation impact fees in response to Senate Bill (SB) 743, adopted in 2013 to orient environmental review of transportation impacts of ...
Barbour, Elisa, National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST), University of California, Davis, Institute of Transportation Studies   +2 more
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