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Measuring the Scope of Prior Authorization Policies: Applying Private Insurer Rules to Medicare Part B. [PDF]
JAMA Health Forum, 2021 Schwartz AL +3 more
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Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The role of second surgical opinions (SSOs) in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer care is not well‐defined. While SSOs are common, the impact may depend on whether patients ultimately undergo resection with the same surgeon or with a different surgeon after the SSO.
Areesh Mevawalla +7 more
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Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To assess how diagnostic pathways affect clinical outcomes and healthcare costs among older adults diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC). Summary of Background Data Many CRC cases in the United State are diagnosed during an emergency presentation, which have been linked to worse outcomes.
Eshetu B. Worku +3 more
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Impact of iStent Micro-Bypass Shunt on Medicare Part B Glaucoma Surgical Expenditure. [PDF]
Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 2021 Lee JH, Ma AK, Warren JL, Teng CC.
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The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This retrospective cohort study utilized the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care database to investigate the association between the triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index and in‐hospital intensive care unit (ICU) readmission in patients with ischemic stroke (IS). Among 2929 patients, 24.0% experienced ICU readmission.
Di Zhang +3 more
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Spatiotemporal Medicare Reimbursement Trends and Economic Clusters in Otologic/Neurotologic Surgery
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.Despite a 16.2% increase in Medicare‐reimbursed otologic/neurotologic procedural volume from 2012 to 2024, inflation‐adjusted reimbursement per service declined by 29.1%, resulting in reduced aggregate spending over time. Shapley decomposition demonstrated that reimbursement erosion, rather than decreased utilization, was the primary driver of spending
Akshay Warrier +4 more
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BMC Health Services ResearchBackground The 340B Drug Pricing Program has been controversial since its inception in 1992, a major criticism being that 340B hospitals use more outpatient drugs, and more expensive drugs, because of financial incentives to “make money” through the ...
Jianhui Hu, David R. Nerenz
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Effect of Preferred Language on Rate of Postoperative Tonsillectomy Revisit
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.Out of 1143 patients who underwent tonsillectomy, 168 (14.7%) revisited an emergency department or urgent care within 30 days of surgery. Older patients, non‐English‐speaking patients, and patients with non‐English‐speaking parents were more likely to revisit. Time to revisit did not differ by language or indication for revisit.
Chloe Marie Jones +3 more
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Effects of NDURE on Timely Adjuvant Radiotherapy in HNSCC: Subgroup Analysis of an RCT
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.In this subgroup analysis of a randomized clinical trial of 145 patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the enhanced navigation‐based intervention NDURE improved initiation of timely postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) relative to usual care across nearly all demographic and clinical subgroups, including patients with ...
Jonathan M. Hughes +20 more
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