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01 November 2022 - by Kyle Perez, Michele Berrios, Bruce S. Pyenson
We examine the decline in use of antipsychotic medications in the early 2010s due to new quality metrics released by CMS amid concerns of inappropriate prescriptions.
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21 October 2022 - by Kyle Perez, Michele Berrios, Bruce S. Pyenson
This report analyzes Medicare beneficiaries who transitioned from the community to a residential long-term care facility and who were using an antipsychotic medication when they were in the community.
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04 January 2019 - by Michele Berrios, Kate Fitch, Adam Laurin
Under the new Medicare Shared Savings Program’s new rule, there will be a more urgent need for accountable care organizations to reduce population costs.
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26 December 2018 - by Michele Berrios, Gabriela Dieguez, Mona Kelkar
An analysis of over 900 people with endothelin receptor antagonist and/or Prostacyclin use to determine drug adherence, treatment patterns, healthcare spending, and comorbid conditions.
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17 October 2017 - by Maggie Alston, Michele Berrios
This article identifies key elements that should be considered when evaluating readmission rates across populations or when comparing readmission rates with different methodologies.
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28 April 2017 - by Michele Berrios, Bruce S. Pyenson, Samantha Tomicki
This report examines characteristics of 2015 Medicare Part D enrollees receiving multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapies and how their cost sharing and therapies differed by demographic and coverage characteristics.
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08 April 2016 - by Michele Berrios, Bruce S. Pyenson
Multiple sclerosis continues to be one of the top specialty management priorities for health plans and pharmacy benefit managers.
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22 September 2015 - by Michele Berrios, Bruce S. Pyenson, Tia Goss Sawhney, Perry J. Pickhardt
This paper compares the Medicare population cost of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening of average risk individuals by CT colonoscopy (CTC) versus optical colonoscopy (OC).
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06 August 2014 - by Michele Berrios, Tyler Engel, Kate Fitch, Bruce S. Pyenson
Benchmarking can help providers reach cost-reduction goals.
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08 July 2012 - by Michele Berrios, Kate Fitch, Kosuke Iwasaki, Bruce S. Pyenson
The key financial and risk differences between MSSP and Pioneer.