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Promoting Access and Reducing Expected Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries: A Pharmacist-directed Model by Cutler, Timothy W., Stebbins, Marilyn R., Smith, Amanda R., Patel, Rajul A., Lipton, Helene L.

“…Background: The Medicare Part D benefit is complicated and may be costly, especially for vulnerable low-income populations where lack of resources and limited…”
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A Political History of Medicare and Prescription Drug Coverage by OLIVER, THOMAS R., LEE, PHILIP R., LIPTON, HELENE L.

“…This article examines the history of efforts to add prescription drug coverage to the Medicare program. It identifies several important patterns in…”
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Peer-to-Peer Interprofessional Health Policy Education for Medicare Part D by Lipton, Helene L., Lai, Cindy J., Cutler, Timothy W., Smith, Amanda R., Stebbins, Marilyn R.

“…Objectives. To determine whether a peer-to-peer education program was an expedient and effective approach to improve knowledge and promote interprofessional…”
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Computer-Based Drug-Utilization Review — Risk, Benefit, or Boondoggle? by Soumerai, Stephen B, Lipton, Helene L

“…On October 28, 1990, with little debate, Congress passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, requiring the states to provide claims-based drug-utilization…”
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Medicare Part D Community Outreach Train-the-Trainer Program for Pharmacy Faculty by Stebbins, Marilyn R., Cutler, Timothy W., Corelli, Robin L., Smith, Amanda R., Lipton, Helene L.

“…To assess the train-the-trainer component of an initiative (Partners in D) to train pharmacy students to facilitate patient enrollment in the best Medicare…”
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Pharmacy benefit management companies: dimensions of performance by Lipton, H L, Kreling, D H, Collins, T, Hertz, K C

“…Research on pharmacy benefit management companies focuses on descriptive accounts of the organizations and the scope of their services. This review provides a…”
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Computer-Based Drug-Utilization Review by Fulda, T R

“…To the Editor: Much of the concern voiced about drug-utilization review by Drs. Soumerai and Lipton (June 15 issue) 1 — about the lack of proof that this…”
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Promoting interprofessional collaboration: pharmacy students teaching current and future prescribers about Medicare Part D by Lai, Cindy J, Smith, Amanda R, Stebbins, Marilyn R, Cutler, Timothy W, Lipton, Helene L

“…Nearly all health professional students and prescribers, regardless of specialty, will care for older adults who are enrolled in or eligible for the Medicare…”
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I. Special Report: The San Diego Health Care System: A Snapshot of Change by Miller, Robert H., Lipton, Helene L., Duke, Kathryn Saenz, Luft, Harold S.

“…Because capitation rates are based on current expenditures, providers fear low capitated payments; California is second to last in Medicaid payments per…”
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Medicare Part D Community Outreach Train-the-Trainer Program for Pharmacy Faculty by Stebbins, Marilyn R., Cutler, Timothy W., Corelli, Robin L., Smith, Amanda R., Lipton, Helene L.

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Medicare Part D Community Outreach Train-the-Trainer Program for Pharmacy Faculty by Stebbins, Marilyn R, Cutler, Timothy W, Corelli, Robin L, Smith, Amanda R, Lipton, Helene L

“…To assess the train-the-trainer component of an initiative (Partners in D) to train pharmacy students to facilitate patient enrollment in the best Medicare…”
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Do-not-resuscitate decisions in a community hospital: implications for quality care by Lipton, H L

“…The appropriateness of medical care provided to patients after DNR designation was analyzed in a 450-bed community hospital. All 333 patients who received…”
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Sounding board: Computer-based drug-utilization review--Risk, benefit, or boondoggle? by Soumerai, Stephen B, Lipton, Helene L

“…On October 28, 1990, with little debate, Congress passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, requiring the states to provide claims-based drug-utilization…”
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Characterization of Geriatric Drug-Related Hospital Readmissions by Bero, Lisa A., Lipton, Helene L., Bird, Joyce Adair

“…Although some factors placing geriatric patients at risk for hospitalization have been identified, little is known about drug-related problems that contribute…”
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Managers and Optimizing Prescribing by Anderson, Michael J, Spivack, Barney S

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Special report by Miller, Robert H, Lipton, Helene L, Duke, Kathryn Saenz, Luft, Harold S

“…Recent health system changes in San Diego are summarized…”
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The graying of America: implications for the pharmacist by Lipton, H L

“…Implications of the increased longevity of the U.S. population for the pharmacist are described. Recently, the growth of the population 65 years and older has…”
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Physicians' do-not-resuscitate decisions and documentation in a community hospital by Lipton, H L

“…Physician documentation of the participants in do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decisions and the equitability of DNR decisions were studied in a 450-bed community…”
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Social, Behavioral, and Practical Factors Affecting Antibiotic Use Worldwide: Report of Task Force 4 by Kunin, Calvin M., Lipton, Helene L., Thelma Tupasi, Theodore Sacks, Scheckler, William E., Amir Jivani, Aleksander Goic, R. Russell Martin, Guerrant, Richard L., Visanu Thamlikitkul

“…In addressing its charge from the General Chairperson of this study, Task Force 4 decided to direct special attention to antibiotic use in developing nations…”
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