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  Bringing PREMs and PROMs Into Value-Based Care
Healthcare Innovation, September 18, 2024
   
  Study: Prescribing continuous glucose monitors may improve outcomes
Fierce Healthcare, September 18, 2024
   
  A program that cuts antibiotic use by 50% without hurting patient satisfaction
Becker's Hospital Review, September 17, 2024
   
  Biden administration unveils multi-agency patient safety programs
Fierce Healthcare, September 17, 2024
   
  1 in 3 hospital medication errors are IT-related: Study
Becker's Hospital Review, September 16, 2024
   
  Four strategies to advance value-based care
Medical Economics, September 12, 2024
   
  Nationwide hospital mortality risk fell as acuity, volumes rose, report finds
Fierce Healthcare, September 12, 2024
   
  Scaling VBC: Addressing Systemic Issues With Payer-Provider Collaboration
The American Journal of Managed Care, September 10, 2024
   
  New guidelines reduce pediatric mortality by 74%: Study
Becker's Hospital Review, September 4, 2024
   
  How specialty practices can succeed in MIPS and value-based care
Physicians Practice, September 3, 2024
   
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JAMA Network Open: Care Quality for MA versus TM Enrollees Receiving Chemotherapy

1. MA enrollees had less chemotherapy-related Emergency Department use than TM beneficiaries: 20.9% in MA vs 23.4% in TM.
2. MA enrollees had fewer chemotherapy-related hospitalizations: 12.8% in MA vs 13.6% in TM
3. MA beneficiaries had higher avoidable Emergency Department use than TM beneficiaries: 11.0% in MA vs 10.5% in TM
4. MA and TM had similar rates of preventable hospitalizations: 4.5% for each
5. There was no difference in survival during 18 months after chemotherapy initiation: 525 days in both MA and TM

Notes:
MA: Medicare Advantage; TM: traditional Medicare. Results from a study of cohort study of 96,501 MA and 206,274 TM beneficiaries receiving chemotherapy. Mean outcomes were measured during the 6-month period following the first chemotherapy treatment, or until death if it occurred earlier.

Source:
"Resource Use and Care Quality Differences Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Chemotherapy," JAMA Network Open, September 20, 2024.
 
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Increased Time & Decreasing Reimbursements: Has VBC Contributed to Burnout?
The Journal of Arthroplasty, September 20, 2024
 
Social Determinants of Health and Insurance Claim Denials for Preventive Care
JAMA Network Open, September 18, 2024
 
Using Patient Experience Surveys to Identify Potential Safety Breakdowns
Journal of Patient Safety, September 17, 2024
 
Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity Following a Medicare Bundled Payment Program
JAMA Network Open, September 17, 2024
 
Community Oncology Alliance Releases Quality & Value Standards in Cancer Care
Implementation Science, August 5, 2024
 
Childhood Opportunity Index and Low-Value Care in Children’s Hospitals
Pediatrics, September 9, 2024
 
Readmissions in Sepsis Survivors: Discharge Setting Risks
The American Journal of Critical Care, September 1, 2024
 
Reducing Handoff Communication Failures and Inequities in Healthcare
The Joint Commission, August 22, 2024
 
 
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