Conclusions and Relevance Among Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes, implementation of a health plan program that involved switching patients from analogue to human insulin was associated with a small increase in population-level HbA1c. Introduction The price of insulin has increased substantially...
Choice inconsistencies among the elderly: evidence from plan choice in the Medicare Part D program. Am Econ Rev. 2011;101(4):1180-1210. doi:10.1257/aer.101.4.1180 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 10. Bhargava S, Loewenstein G, Sydnor J. Choose to lose: health plan ...
Respondents were more likely to select a brand drug for commercial insurance patients (66%) than for Medicare 22%), Medicaid (37%), or dual eligible (29%, overall P < 0.001) patients. The most-prescribed brand agent (atorvastatin) was recommended more often and the most-prescribed generic ...
Keywords: sustainable health care system; ignored; rejected 1. Introduction The Medicare drug plan (hereafter referred to as Part D) has been a primary source of coverage for the prescription drug for the US Medicare beneficiaries since the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) was effectuated in 2006...
care. A clinical Phase 1 study showed a time-dependent pharmacodynamic interaction between selatogrel and loading doses of clopidogrel and prasugrel. As treatment switching is a common clinical practice, the assessment of subsequent switching from a clopidogrel loading dose to the first maintenance ...
If you enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan, you must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premiums and you may pay an additional premium. The insurer determines the Medicare Advantage plan’s premium, which can vary from one Medicare Advantage plan to another. Some Medicare Advantage...
The initial dialysis modality information was abstracted from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ESRD Medical Evidence Report (Form 2728). All forms of PD (continuous ambulatory PD, continuous cycling PD and intermittent cycling PD) were combined as a single category. Patients ...
the introduction of Medicare in 1984, was thought to have increased the demand on the public system [3], prompting the federal government to implement policies aimed at encouraging possession of PHI to take the pressure off public hospitals and restore balance to the health care system [3–5]...
Medicare beneficiaries in the Part D coverage gap. In 2015, CareMore Health, an integrated health delivery system and subsidiary of Anthem Inc., piloted an intervention to switch members from analogue to less expensive human insulin. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have analyzed the...
The Breast Cancer Index (BCI) may help identify patients with low-risk breast cancer who could potentially benefit from reduced endocrine therapy, leading to improved quality of life and potentially lower health care costs. January 15th 2025 Medicare Advantage Enrollees Underuse Dental, Vision, Hearin...