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The cost impact to Medicare of shifting treatment of worsening heart failure from inpatient to outpatient management settings23 January 2019 - By John F. Mohr and Joseph J. Medicis and William S. Weintraub and Kathryn V. Fitch and Jocelyn Lau and Tyler Engel - Article

This study estimates the cost impact to the Medicare fee-for-service population associated with shifting the treatment of a portion of worsening heart failure cases from the inpatient hospital setting to outpatient settings.

Breaking through the hype of real-world evidence17 January 2019 - By Maggie Alston and Carol Bazell and Christine Ferro and Jocelyn Lau - Article

This paper discusses the expanding use of real-world evidence in healthcare decision-making, as well as the importance of clean and reliable data, robust disease identification algorithms, consistent patient attribution methodologies, and relevant outcomes metrics that can be generated from reliably reported data.

The prevalence and payer costs of potentially avoidable emergent care visits for suspected amniotic membrane rupture in pregnant women30 July 2018 - By Christine Ferro and Jocelyn Lau and Bruce S. Pyenson and Mona Kelkar - Article

This article estimates the prevalence and payer cost of potentially avoidable visits to emergency care facilities, labor and delivery units or observation units for suspected cases of pre-labor rupture of amniotic membranes among pregnant women.

Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Performance Year 1 results: Key considerations08 January 2018 - By Pamela M. Pelizzari and Jocelyn Lau and Harsha Mirchandani - Article

This paper combines data from the report of Performance Year 1 (PY1) results and other publically available sources to compare hospitals that received payments in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model PY1 to those that did not.

The cost burden of worsening heart failure in the Medicare fee for service population: An actuarial analysis03 April 2017 - By Kathryn V. Fitch and Tyler Engel and Jocelyn Lau - Article

This report identifies the rate and costs of heart failure (HF) admissions, the costs in the 30 days after HF admissions, and the percentage of HF admissions that are readmissions.


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