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Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA by Herrin, Jeph, Yu, Huihui, Venkatesh, Arjun K, Desai, Sunita M, Thiel, Cassandra L, Lin, Zhenqiu, Bernheim, Susannah M, Horwitz, Leora I

“…ObjectivesHigh-value care is providing high quality care at low cost; we sought to define hospital value and identify the characteristics of hospitals which…”
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Online Advertising Increased New Hampshire Residents' Use Of Provider Price Tool But Not Use Of Lower-Price Providers by Desai, Sunita M, Shambhu, Sonali, Mehrotra, Ateev

“…Insurers and policy makers have created health care price transparency websites to facilitate price shopping and reduce spending. However, price transparency…”
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The Role Of Financial Incentives In Biosimilar Uptake In Medicare: Evidence From The 340B Program by Bond, Amelia M, Dean, Emma B, Desai, Sunita M

“…Biosimilar drugs-lower-cost alternatives to expensive biologic drugs-have the potential to slow the growth of US drug spending. However, rates of biosimilar…”
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340B Drug Pricing Program and hospital provision of uncompensated care by Desai, Sunita M

“…Am J Manag Care. 2021;27(10):432-437. https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2021.88761 _____ Takeaway Points Participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program has not…”
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Effects of Real-time Prescription Benefit Recommendations on Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial by Desai, Sunita M, Chen, Alan Z, Wang, Jiejie, Chung, Wei-Yi, Stadelman, Jay, Mahoney, Chris, Szerencsy, Adam, Anzisi, Lisa, Mehrotra, Ateev, Horwitz, Leora I

“…Rising drug costs contribute to medication nonadherence and adverse health outcomes. Real-time prescription benefit (RTPB) systems present prescribers with…”
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Does Medicaid coverage of Medicare cost sharing affect physician care for dual‐eligible Medicare beneficiaries? by Roberts, Eric T., Desai, Sunita M.

“…Objective To assess changes in physicians’ provision of care to duals (low‐income individuals with Medicare and Medicaid) in response to a policy that required…”
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Hospital concentration and low-income populations: Evidence from New York State Medicaid by Desai, Sunita M., Padmanabhan, Prianca, Chen, Alan Z., Lewis, Ashley, Glied, Sherry A.

“…While a large body of evidence has examined hospital concentration, its effects on health care for low-income populations are less explored. We use…”
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Validation of EHR medication fill data obtained through electronic linkage with pharmacies by Blecker, Saul, Adhikari, Samrachana, Zhang, Hanchao, Dodson, John A, Desai, Sunita M, Anzisi, Lisa, Pazand, Lily, Schoenthaler, Antoinette M, Mann, Devin M

“…Recent linkages between electronic health records (EHRs) and pharmacy data hold opportunity for up-to-date assessment of medication adherence at the point of…”
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Changes in Hospital Referral Patterns to Skilled Nursing Facilities Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program by Kim, K Lucy, Li, Li, Kuang, Meng, Horwitz, Leora I, Desai, Sunita M

“…BACKGROUND:The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals for higher-than-expected readmission rates. Almost 20% of Medicare…”
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Medicaid Value-Based Payments and Health Care Use for Patients With Mental Illness by Lewis, Ashley, Howland, Renata E, Horwitz, Leora I, Desai, Sunita M

“…Medicaid patients with mental illness comprise one of the most high-need and complex patient populations. Value-based reforms aim to improve care, but their…”
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Assessment of US Pharmacies Contracted With Health Care Institutions Under the 340B Drug Pricing Program by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics by Lin, John K., Li, Pengxiang, Doshi, Jalpa A., Desai, Sunita M.

“…This cross-sectional study assesses pharmacy participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program following the 2010 expansion and the extent to which growth has…”
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Association of Insurance Mix and Diagnostic Coding Practices in New York State Hospitals by Dragan, Kacie L., Desai, Sunita M., Billings, John, Glied, Sherry A.

“…Importance Given higher reimbursement rates, hospitals primarily serving privately insured patients may invest more in intensive coding than hospitals serving…”
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What are the potential savings from steering patients to lower-priced providers? a static analysis by Desai, Sunita M, Hatfield, Laura A, Hicks, Andrew L, Chernew, Michael E, Mehrotra, Ateev, Sinaiko, Anna D

“…Healthcare payers are increasingly using price transparency and benefit design to encourage patients to choose lower-priced providers. We quantify potential…”
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Estimation of Potential Savings Associated With Switching Medication Formulation by Desai, Sunita M., Wang, Jiejie, Ananthakrishnan, Uttara M., Ghai, Ishita, Mehrotra, Ateev, Bhargava, Hemant K.

“…This cross-sectional study describes the price differences between capsule and tablet or ointment and cream forms of prescription drugs for insured patients…”
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Online Advertising Increased New Hampshire Residents’ Use Of Provider Price Tool But Not Use Of Lower-Price Providers: Study examines results of online advertising campaign to increase consumer awareness about price information available on New Hampshire’s public price transparency website by Desai, Sunita M., Shambhu, Sonali, Mehrotra, Ateev

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The Role Of Financial Incentives In Biosimilar Uptake In Medicare: Evidence From The 340B Program: Study examines the role of financial incentives in the uptake of biosimilar drugs in Medicare by Bond, Amelia M., Dean, Emma B., Desai, Sunita M.

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