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Project Baby Bear: Rapid precision care incorporating rWGS in 5 California children’s hospitals demonstrates improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs of care by Dimmock, David, Caylor, Sara, Waldman, Bryce, Benson, Wendy, Ashburner, Christina, Carmichael, Jason L., Carroll, Jeanne, Cham, Elaine, Chowdhury, Shimul, Cleary, John, D’Harlingue, Arthur, Doshi, A., Ellsworth, Katarzyna, Galarreta, Carolina I., Hobbs, Charlotte, Houtchens, Kathleen, Hunt, Juliette, Joe, Priscilla, Joseph, Maries, Kaplan, Robert H., Kingsmore, Stephen F., Knight, Jason, Kochhar, Aaina, Kronick, Richard G., Limon, Jolie, Martin, Madelena, Rauen, Katherine A., Schwarz, Adam, Shankar, Suma P., Spicer, Rosanna, Rojas, Mario Augusto, Vargas-Shiraishi, Ofelia, Wigby, Kristen, Zadeh, Neda, Farnaes, Lauge

“…Genetic disorders are a leading contributor to mortality in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (ICUs). Rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS)-based…”
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Rapid whole-genome sequencing decreases infant morbidity and cost of hospitalization by Farnaes, Lauge, Hildreth, Amber, Sweeney, Nathaly M., Clark, Michelle M., Chowdhury, Shimul, Nahas, Shareef, Cakici, Julie A., Benson, Wendy, Kaplan, Robert H., Kronick, Richard, Bainbridge, Matthew N., Friedman, Jennifer, Gold, Jeffrey J., Ding, Yan, Veeraraghavan, Narayanan, Dimmock, David, Kingsmore, Stephen F.

“…Genetic disorders are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants. Rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) can diagnose genetic disorders in time to…”
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Marital status and longevity in the United States population by Kaplan, Robert M, Kronick, Richard G

“…Purpose: To investigate the relation between marital status and survival. Data sources: The US 1989 national health interview survey (NHIS) merged with the…”
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Impact of Individual-, Environmental-, and Policy-Level Factors on Health Care Utilization Among US Farmworkers by HOERSTER, Katherine D, MAYER, Joni A, GABBARD, Susan, KRONICK, Richard G, ROESCH, Scott C, MALCARNE, Vanessa L, ZUNIGA, Maria L

“…We examined individual-, environmental-, and policy-level correlates of US farmworker health care utilization, guided by the behavioral model for vulnerable…”
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Differences in the volume of services and in prices drive big variations in Medicaid spending among US states and regions by Gilmer, Todd P, Kronick, Richard G

“…It is well known that Medicaid spending per beneficiary varies widely across states. However, less is known about the cause of this variation, or about whether…”
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Bringing Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Life by Borden, William B., MD, Chiang, Yen-Pin, PhD, Kronick, Richard, PhD

“…Abstract A substantial gap exists between medical evidence that is known and medical evidence that is put into practice. Although the Agency for Healthcare…”
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Peering Into The Black Box: Billing And Insurance Activities In A Medical Group by Sakowski, Julie Ann, Kahn, James G, Kronick, Richard G, Newman, Jeffrey M, Luft, Harold S

“…Billing and insurance-related functions have been reported to consume 14 percent of medical group revenue, but little is known about the costs associated with…”
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Hard Times And Health Insurance: How Many Americans Will Be Uninsured By 2010? by Gilmer, Todd P, Kronick, Richard G

“…In earlier work we demonstrated that increases in the cost of health care accounted for the decline in insurance coverage from 1979 to 2002. Here we examine…”
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The promise and peril of health systems by Kronick, Richard

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Projected Coding Intensity In Medicare Advantage Could Increase Medicare Spending By $200 Billion Over Ten Years by Kronick, Richard

“…Over the past decade, the average risk score for Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees has risen steadily relative to that for fee-for-service Medicare…”
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Updating the Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System by Gilmer, Todd, Kronick, Richard

“…Of the 38 Medicaid programs that risk adjust payments to Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), 33 of them use the Chronic Illness and Disability Payment…”
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Executive Perspective

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AHRQ'S ROLE IN IMPROVING QUALITY, SAFETY, AND HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE by Kronick, Richard

“…Kronick details the role of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in improving the quality and safety of the US health-care system. The AHRQ is the lead…”
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Hard Times And Health Insurance: How Many Americans Will Be Uninsured By 2010?: Health spending and uninsurance keep rising in tandem, making the need for health system reform even more compelling for those who have lost their coverage by Gilmer, Todd P., Kronick, Richard G.

“…In earlier work we demonstrated that increases in the cost of health care accounted for the decline in insurance coverage from 1979 to 2002. Here we examine…”
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Health Insurance Coverage and Mortality Revisited by Kronick, Richard

“…Objective. To improve understanding of the relationship between lack of insurance and risk of subsequent mortality. Data Sources. Adults who reported being…”
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The Affordable Care Act and Insurance Coverage for Young Adults by Sommers, Benjamin D, Kronick, Richard

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The effects of coding intensity in Medicare Advantage on plan benefits and finances by Jacobs, Paul D., Kronick, Richard

“…Objective To assess how beneficiary premiums, expected out‐of‐pocket costs, and plan finances in the Medicare Advantage (MA) market are related to coding…”
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Getting What We Pay For: How Do Risk-Based Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans Compare with Alternative Measures of Beneficiary Health Risk? by Jacobs, Paul D, Kronick, Richard

“…Principal Findings. Based on prescription drug utilization data, beneficiaries enrolled in MA in 2015 had 6.9 percent lower health risk than beneficiaries in…”
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The Future of AHRQ’s Health Services Research by Berkwits, Michael

“…Berkwitz interviews Richard Kronick, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Among other things, Kronick discusses funding bills, the…”
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The Affordable Care Act has led to significant gains in health insurance and access to care for young adults by Sommers, Benjamin D, Buchmueller, Thomas, Decker, Sandra L, Carey, Colleen, Kronick, Richard

“…The Affordable Care Act enables young adults to remain as dependents on their parents' health insurance until age twenty-six, and recent evidence suggests that…”
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