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Patterns in the Use and Cost of Medical Care for Osteoarthritis Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of the Osteoarthritis Initiative and Medicare Data

In this paper, ....

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Health and Spending Consequences of Bisphosphonate Treatment for Osteoporosis: A Markov Model Approach

Osteoporosis-related hip fractures are a major source of avoidable disabi ....

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Assessing the Value of Surgical Treatment for Select Musculoskeletal Conditions

Increasingly, policy makers and payers are focusing on value, defined as the health outcome achi ....

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Tracking Medicare Beneficiaries Who Present to the ED with a Cardiac-Related Symptom

The purpose of this study was to examine outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries who present to ....

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The Impact of the Economy on Service Volume at Ambulatory Surgical Centers

The great recession has had a significant and prolonged effect on unemployment rates in the United St ....

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Growth of Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Surgery Volume, and Savings to Medicare

We studied the impact of the growth of ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) on total Medicare proce ....

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Relationship between ACO Participation and Outcomes for High-Cost Populations

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have the potential to substantially reduce Medicare spending ....

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Monitoring The Effects of Maryland’s New All-Payer Model and Hospital Global Budget

As a subcontractor, KNG Health is monitoring acute care hospital and post-acute care utili ....

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Examining Growth Patterns in Medicare Advantage and Medicare Shared Savings Plan Accountable Care Organizations

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have risen to prominence in recent years as two examples of care de ....

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Examining Growth Patterns in Medicare Advantage and Medicare Shared Savings Plan Accountable Care Organizations

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have risen to pro ....

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Is High-Quality Home Health Care “Out of Reach” for Black Medicare Beneficiaries?

Home health agencies (HHAs) are an important source for skilled nursing care, with 3.1 million traditional Medicare ....

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Implicit Bias in Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

In a July 2022 Health Affairs Forefront blog, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) discussed its review of implicit ....

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Differentiating “Acute on Chronic” and Chronic Heart and Respiratory Failure

Heart failure and respiratory failure are among the most common causes of hospitalization and death in the United States ....

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