08 November 2024 - by Jennifer Carioto, Melissa A. Caplen, Hanaa Siddiqi, Ben Diner
Biosimilars recently have made significant strides toward greater acceptance and utilization since their first U.S. approval in 2015, although challenges persist.
17 October 2022 - by Bruce S. Pyenson, Melissa A. Caplen, Carol Bazell, Dane Hansen, Maggie Alston, Michael Pollack, Alejandro P Comellas, Sanjay Sethi, Anthony Staresinic, John Styczynski, Norbert Feigler
Using systemic oral corticosteroid (OCS) in treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has risks, highlighting the need for prevention and therapy.
02 December 2020 - by Maggie Alston, Carol Bazell, Melissa A. Caplen, Mila Shapoval, Annaliese Mugele
Milliman performed a detailed descriptive analysis to identify the characteristics and treatment patterns of potentially chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy eligible adult relapsed/refractory disease B-cell lymphoma patients covered by commercial insurance or Medicare fee-for-service.
25 November 2019 - by Carol Bazell, Melissa A. Caplen, William Coates, Pamela M. Pelizzari, Bruce S. Pyenson
This report is an analysis of how hospices’ Medicare margins relate to the characteristics of the Medicare patients served and the characteristics of the hospice itself, focusing on hospice ownership status.
13 May 2019 - by Carol Bazell, Melissa A. Caplen, Bruce S. Pyenson
This article examines the pattern and cost of indeterminate pulmonary nodule workup in real-world practice using insurer administrative claims for commercially insured individuals.