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Pediatric Inpatient Readmissions in an Accountable Care Organization by Christensen, Eric W., PhD, Payne, Nathaniel R., MD

“…Objective To assess the association between the length of consistent primary care as part of an accountable care organization (attribution length) and…”
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Impact of a patient-centered medical home on access, quality, and cost by Christensen, Eric W, Dorrance, Kevin A, Ramchandani, Suneil, Lynch, Sean, Whitmore, Christine C, Borsky, Amanda E, Kimsey, Linda G, Pikulin, Linda M, Bickett, Thomas A

“…Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are intended to actively provide effective care by physician-led teams, where patients take a leading role and…”
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Ultrasound Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries From 2009 to 2021 by Billing Specialty and Place of Service by Pelzl, Casey E, Freedman, Steven, Gutman, Renan, Tsur, Michal, Christensen, Eric W

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Relationship between Race and Access to Newer Mammographic Technology in Women with Medicare Insurance by Christensen, Eric W, Waid, Mikki, Scott, Jinel, Patel, Bhavika K, Bello, Jacqueline A, Rula, Elizabeth Y

“…Background Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality have been reported. Mammographic technology has undergone two major technology transitions since 2000:…”
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Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry Trends Among US Medicare Beneficiaries: 2005–2019 by Prout, Tyler, Pelzl, Casey, Christensen, Eric W., Binkley, Neil, Schousboe, John, Krueger, Diane

“…Introduction: Bone density measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) volume, performance site and interpreters have changed in the US since 2005…”
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Differential Access to Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compared with Mammography and Ultrasound by Christensen, Eric W., Rosenblatt, Robert B., Patel, Anika G, Rula, Elizabeth Y., Carlos, Ruth C., Narayan, Anand K., Patel, Bhavika K.

“…For high-risk women, breast magnetic resonance (MR) is the preferred supplemental imaging option, but spatial access differences may exacerbate disparities in…”
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Share of Diagnostic Imaging Interpretation: Radiology and Other Specialties by Christensen, Eric W., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Newhouse, Jeffrey H.

“…The aim of this study was to examine radiology’s and other specialties’ market shares for diagnostic imaging interpretation for Medicare fee-for-service claims…”
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Sociodemographic Factors and Screening CT Colonography Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries by Christensen, Eric W, Sanelli, Pina C, Rula, Elizabeth Y, Chang, Kevin J, Moreno, Courtney C, Bruining, David H, Yee, Judy

“…Approximately one-third of the eligible U.S. population have not undergone guideline-compliant colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Guidelines recognize various…”
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Effect of Attribution Length on the Use and Cost of Health Care for a Pediatric Medicaid Accountable Care Organization by Christensen, Eric W, Payne, Nathaniel R

“…Little is known about the effect of pediatric accountable care organizations (ACOs) on the use and costs of health care resources, especially in a Medicaid…”
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Projected Growth in FDA-Approved Artificial Intelligence Products Given Venture Capital Funding by McNabb, Nicole K., Christensen, Eric W., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Coombs, Laura, Dreyer, Keith, Wald, Christoph, Treml, Christopher

“…Medical imaging accounts for 85% of digital health’s venture capital funding. As funding grows, it is expected that artificial intelligence (AI) products will…”
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Urbanicity, Income, and Mammography-Use Disparities Among American Indian Women by Christensen, Eric W., Pelzl, Casey E., Patel, Bhavika K., Carlos, Ruth C., Rula, Elizabeth Y.

“…Reported breast cancer screening among American Indian women is consistently below that of White women. The last claims-based trends were from 1991 to 2001…”
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Educational Attainment Model for Children: Differential Impact of Parents' Education Level for Children Who Lived with Both Parents or Not by Christensen, Eric W.

“…This study is a modification of the Kane, Spizman, and Donelson, (2013) model for educational attainment of children. The primary modification is to provide…”
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The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index: Development and Validation in a National Commercial Claims Database by Pelzl, Casey E., Rosenkrantz, Andrew B., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Christensen, Eric W.

“…To build the Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index (NICI), based on variables available in claims datasets, which provides good discrimination of an individual’s…”
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Association of Nonphysician Practitioners and Contrast Media Utilization: An Exploratory Study of National Medicare Claims for CT Examinations from 2011 to 2020 by Christensen, Eric W., Rosenkrantz, Andrew B., Rula, Elizabeth Y.

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Updated Trends, Disparities, and Clinical Impact of Neuroimaging Utilization in Ischemic Stroke in the Medicare Population: 2012 to 2019 by Wang, Jason J., Pelzl, Casey E., Boltyenkov, Artem, Katz, Jeffrey M., Hemingway, Jennifer, Christensen, Eric W., Rula, Elizabeth, Sanelli, Pina C.

“…The purpose of this study was to update trends, investigate sociodemographic disparities, and evaluate the impact on mortality of stroke neuroimaging across…”
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Office-Based Diagnostic Imaging Interpreted by Nonphysician Practitioners: Characteristics, Recent Trends, and State Variation by Christensen, Eric W., Case, Clinton T., Morris, Robert W., Pelzl, Casey E., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Duszak, Richard

“…Diagnostic imaging interpretations by nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) are increasing. With hospital-based imaging overwhelmingly interpreted by radiologists,…”
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Trends in Diagnostic Imaging by Nonphysician Practitioners and Associations With Urbanicity and Scope-of-Practice Authority by Pelzl, Casey E., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Duszak, Richard, Christensen, Eric W.

“…We aimed to assess the changing share of diagnostic imaging billed by NPPs and how such changes differ by urbanicity within the context of scope-of-practice…”
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Radiologists’ Out-of-Network Billing Trends, 2007 to 2021 by Parikh, Jay R., Drake, Alexandra R., Waid, Mikki D., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Christensen, Eric W.

“…Given the financial hardships of surprise billing for patients, the aim of this study was to assess the degree to which radiologists effectively participate in…”
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Budget Neutrality and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Reimbursement Trends for Radiologists, 2005 to 2021 by Christensen, Eric W., Nicola, Gregory N., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Nicola, Lauren P., Hemingway, Jennifer, Hirsch, Joshua A.

“…PURPOSEThe Medicare program, by law, must remain budget neutral. Increases in volume or relative value units (RVUs) for individual services necessitate…”
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Medicare Volume Growth and Shift in Payments From Physicians to Non-Physician Practitioners Under Statutory Budget Neutrality by Christensen, Eric W., Nicola, Gregory N., Rula, Elizabeth Y., Nicola, Lauren P., Hirsch, Joshua A.

“…Volume increases, inflation, statutory freezes in physician payments, and the budget neutrality requirement for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule have…”
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