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Biologics Adoption in CRSwNP and the Associated Decline in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Longitudinal Claims Database Study

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Biologic treatments were introduced for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in 2019. Treatment algorithms for medically refractory CRSwNP remain open, with patients choosing among surgery, biologics, or both. Real‐world utilization of surgery and biologics remains incompletely characterized.
Stephanie Shintani Smith, Sam L. Kaefer, Harsh Duvvuru, Robert C. Kern, Brent A. Senior, Vijay R. Ramakrishnan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Demographics Predict Surgical Versus Nonoperative Management of Rotator Cuff Injuries: A Natural Language Processing Analysis

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To identify pathologic and demographic predictors of treatment selection and timing in patients with rotator cuff injuries using natural language processing of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports. Methods Data were retrospectively reviewed in our institution's Information Commons database.
Timothy S. Keeley, Ryan T. Halvorson, Kian Niknam, Katharina Ziegeler, Brian T. Feeley, Thomas Link, Sharmila Majumdar, Drew A. Lansdown   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commercial Payors More Likely to Reimburse Unlisted Hip Arthroscopy Procedures Compared With Managed Care but With Similar Overall Dollar Amount

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare the reimbursement practices of public managed care (MC) insurance versus private commercial insurance (COM) for hip arthroscopy using the current procedural terminology (CPT) code 29999. Methods The CPT codes and corresponding reimbursements of hip arthroscopies that employed code 29999 performed from January 2020 to December 2024 in
Eric V. Neufeld, Matthew Zinner, Michael J. Meade, Randy M. Cohn, Andrew D. Goodwillie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy‐Evidence Misalignment in Commercial Payer Coverage Criteria for Knee Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To evaluate how major United States commercial insurers justify medical‐necessity criteria for knee osteochondral allograft (OCA) transplantation, characterize the level of evidence (LOE) cited within their policies, and assess whether coverage criteria are supported by the cited literature.
Jay S. Amin, Divesh Sachdev, Kofi K. Acheampong, Camden Richter, Nicholas Lemme, Brian J. Cole, Adam B. Yanke   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fine Particulate Matter Constituents, Ozone, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Large General‐Population Cohort Analysis With Extended Quantile g‐Computation

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether exposure to mixture of individual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) chemical constituents is associated with incident systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and if ozone modifies this association and/or is associated with SLE onset.
Naizhuo Zhao, Sasha Bernatsky, Sharon Dowell, Brittany Banbury, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Grace C. Wright, Emily E. Holladay, Amy Mudano, Cristiano S. Moura, Gail S. Kerr   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Registry Participation Associated With Significant Gains in Quality Measure Performance: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To examine the association between participation in a qualified clinical data registry and quality measure performance. Methods We included practices that joined the American College of Rheumatology's Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) registry between 2015 and 2021.
Gabriela Schmajuk, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jing Li, Stephen Shiboski, Emma Kersey, Jinoos Yazdany   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benzodiazepine prescribing patterns among Medicare providers, 2017 to 2023

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionTo determine whether benzodiazepine (BZD) prescriptions in older adults (>65) generally adhere to the Beers Criteria of the American Geriatrics Society, and whether the likelihood of prescribing an average of > 30 days per beneficiary ...
Olivia Silvernail, Alexis D. Ritvo, Bernard Silvernail, Peter R. Martin, Peter R. Martin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Experiences in Selecting a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan

Journal of Patient Experience, 2018
Introduction: Medicare beneficiaries often report that the process of choosing a prescription drug plan is frustrating and confusing and many do not enroll in the plan that covers their drugs at the lowest cost.
Cheryl D Stults PhD, Alison S Baskin BA, M Kate Bundorf PhD, Ming Tai-Seale PhD, MPH   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physician trainees' decision making and information processing: choice size and Medicare Part D.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Many patients expect their doctor to help them choose a Medicare prescription drug plan. Whether the size of the choice set affects clinicians' decision processes and strategy selection, and the quality of their choice, as it does their older patients ...
Andrew J Barnes, Yaniv Hanoch, Melissa Martynenko, Stacey Wood, Thomas Rice, Alex D Federman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Amina A. Abdu, Natascha Chtena   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source