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Newest firstFraud in the health landscape is an aggravating issue, with far-reaching consequences burdening the financial stability of the health industry and threatening the quality of medical care. It results from vulnerabilities within the current healthcare framework that are exploited by the fraudsters in their favor. In spite of many developed models that aim to detect fraudulent patterns in insurance claims, the accura…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundChronic Care Management (CCM) services represent an underutilized Medicare benefit with potential to reduce healthcare costs and improve care coordination for beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. ObjectiveTo evaluate the real-world impact of CCM services on healthcare expenditures and patient out-of-pocket costs in a large multi-specialty outpatient practice. DesignPragmatic retrospective coho…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Medical cannabis use and public acceptance in the United States have increased over the past 25 years. However, access to medical cannabis remains limited, particularly for underserved populations. To understand how patients experience medical cannabis accessibility, we measured medical cannabis use and barriers to use after medical cannabis certification in an urban safety-net academic medical center.…
Background The association of hospital market competition, financial costs, and quality of oncologic care has not been well-defined. This study sought to evaluate variations in patient outcomes and financial expenditures after complex cancer surgery across high- and low-competition markets. Methods Medicare 100% Standard Analytic Files were used to identify patients with lung, esophageal, gastric, hepatopancreatic…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction Insomnia diagnosis has been associated with a significant clinical and economic burden on patients and healthcare systems. This study examined changes in healthcare resource use (HCRU) and costs in insomnia patients before and after initiation of suvorexant treatment. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed Optum Clinformatics Data Mart claims data (Jan 2010-Dec 2018). Patients with ≥ 2 insom…
BACKGROUND: Illicit drug use increases visits to the hospital. Research is limited on the costs of these healthcare visits by illicit drug. METHODS: Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration's emergency department and inpatient datasets from 2016 to 2018 were analyzed. Adults who used an illicit drug were included in the study population resulting in 709,658 observations. Cost-to-charge ratios were used to e…
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