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Rebuilding the Relative Value Unit–Based Physician Payment System by McMahon, Laurence F, Song, Zirui

“…This Viewpoint explores the use of relative value units assigned by the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale in US physician payment systems and the need to…”
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The Impact of Disability and Social Determinants of Health on Condition-Specific Readmissions beyond Medicare Risk Adjustments: A Cohort Study by Meddings, Jennifer, Reichert, Heidi, Smith, Shawna N., Iwashyna, Theodore J., Langa, Kenneth M., Hofer, Timothy P., McMahon, Laurence F.

“…Background Readmission rates after pneumonia, heart failure, and acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations are risk-adjusted for age, gender, and medical…”
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Designed to Fail? the Future of Primary Care by McMahon, Laurence F., Rize, Kim, Irby-Johnson, NiJuanna, Chopra, Vineet

“…Primary care is widely viewed as being in crisis despite its purported central role in addressing population issues related to healthcare cost, quality,…”
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Prediction of Barrett's esophagus among men by Rubenstein, Joel H, Morgenstern, Hal, Appelman, Henry, Scheiman, James, Schoenfeld, Philip, McMahon, Jr, Laurence F, Metko, Valbona, Near, Ellen, Kellenberg, Joan, Kalish, Tal, Inadomi, John M

“…Risk factors for Barrett's esophagus include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms, age, abdominal obesity, and tobacco use. We aimed to develop a…”
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Success In Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Prevention: A Tale In Two Data Sets by Smith, Shawna, Snyder, Ashley, McMahon, Jr, Laurence F, Petersen, Laura, Meddings, Jennifer

“…Chart-based surveillance reviews indicate that the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) declined 23 percent during 2010-14, equating to an…”
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Redesigning Hospital Alarms for Patient Safety: Alarmed and Potentially Dangerous by Chopra, Vineet, McMahon, Laurence F

“…Chopra and McMahon talk about hospital alarms, which alert clinicians to deviations from a defined normal state, these auditory and visual signals are designed…”
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Hospital‐Acquired Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Documentation and Coding Issues May Reduce Financial Impact of Medicare’s New Payment Policy by Meddings, Jennifer, Saint, Sanjay, McMahon, Laurence F.

“…To evaluate whether hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs) are accurately documented in discharge records with the use of…”
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Starving the Hungry Tapeworm: How Businessmen May Reform Health Care Cost by McMahon, Jr, Laurence F, Chopra, Vineet

“…McMahon and Chopra discuss on how businessmen may reform health care cost. They anticipate that these industry leaders will use a business strategy to address…”
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The Hospital: Still the Doctors’ Workplace(s)—A Cautionary Note for Approaches to Safety and Value Improvement by McMahon, Laurence F., Howell, Joel D.

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Hospital Report Cards for Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers: How Good Are the Grades? by MEDDINGS, Jennifer A, REICHERT, Heidi, HOFER, Tim, MCMAHON, Laurence F

“…Value-based purchasing programs use administrative data to compare hospitals by rates of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) for public reporting and…”
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General Medicine and Hospital Medicine: The Janus of Internal Medicine by McMahon, Laurence F., Chopra, Vineet

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Associations of Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin, Leptin, and Ghrelin With Gastroesophageal Reflux and Barrett's Esophagus by Rubenstein, Joel H, Morgenstern, Hal, McConell, Daniel, Scheiman, James M, Schoenfeld, Philip, Appelman, Henry, McMahon, Laurence F, Kao, John Y, Metko, Val, Zhang, Min, Inadomi, John M

“…Background & Aims Insulin and leptin have proliferative and anti-apoptotic effects. Ghrelin promotes gastric emptying and secretion of growth hormone and…”
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Health Care Cost and Value: The Way Forward by McMahon, Laurence F, Chopra, Vineet

“…McMahon and Chopra emphasize that the US can no longer afford to allow its health priorities to be set by the vagaries of a payment system disconnected from…”
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Under Pressure: Financial Effect of the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Initiative-A Statewide Analysis of Pressure Ulcer Development and Payment by Meddings, Jennifer, Reichert, Heidi, Rogers, Mary A. M., Hofer, Timothy P., McMahon Jr, Laurence F., Grazier, Kyle L.

“…Objectives To assess the financial effect of the 2008 Hospital‐Acquired Conditions Initiative (HACI) pressure ulcer payment changes on Medicare, other payers,…”
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Health System Loyalty Programs: An Innovation in Customer Care and Service by McMahon, Laurence F, Tipirneni, Renuka, Chopra, Vineet

“…Health care systems have done little to focus on patient loyalty or reward programs. In an era of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in which patients are…”
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Measuring Value in Primary Care: Enhancing Quality or Checking the Box? by Tipirneni, Renuka, McMahon Jr, Laurence F.

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Hospital Alarms and Patient Safety—Reply by Chopra, Vineet, McMahon, Laurence F

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Addressing the primary care workforce crisis by Song, Zirui, Chopra, Vineet, McMahon, Jr, Laurence F

“…Our nation's primary care system is in crisis. As medical homes and accountable care organizations increasingly rely on a strong primary care workforce, the…”
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Rethinking Physician Payment by Song, Zirui, McMahon, Laurence F.

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Effects of Work Hour Reduction on Residents’ Lives: A Systematic Review by Fletcher, Kathlyn E, Underwood, Willie, Davis, Steven Q, Mangrulkar, Rajesh S, McMahon, Laurence F, Saint, Sanjay

“…CONTEXT The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education implemented mandatory work hour limitations in July 2003, partly out of concern for residents’…”
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