2022
Payer-Negotiated Prices for Telemedicine Services
Wu SS, Rathi VK, Ross JS, Sethi RKV, Xiao R. Payer-Negotiated Prices for Telemedicine Services. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 3495-3497. PMID: 35029785, PMCID: PMC8759432, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07398-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Unplanned hospital visits after ambulatory surgical care
Bongiovanni T, Parzynski C, Ranasinghe I, Steinman MA, Ross JS. Unplanned hospital visits after ambulatory surgical care. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0254039. PMID: 34283840, PMCID: PMC8291649, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned hospital visitsSame-day surgeryHospital visitsAmbulatory surgeryHealthcare costsDischarge care qualityHospital visit ratesNumber of comorbiditiesEmergency department visitsMajority of surgeriesAmbulatory surgical careSpecific patient populationsQuality's Healthcare CostMedicaid Services measuresPatient hospital visitsQuality of careType of procedureDepartment visitsHospital admissionPatient characteristicsOutpatient settingPatient populationProcedure typeSurgical careSurgical facilities
2016
Adoption of new agents and changes in treatment patterns for hepatitis C: 2010-2014.
Yao X, Sangaralingham LR, Ross JS, Shah ND, Talwalkar JA. Adoption of new agents and changes in treatment patterns for hepatitis C: 2010-2014. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2016, 22: e224-32. PMID: 27355910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntiviral AgentsDatabases, FactualDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHealth Care CostsHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansInsurance Claim ReviewInterferonsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOligopeptidesPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesRibavirinSofosbuvirTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsTreatment ratesNew medicationsRetrospective analysisHepatitis C virus medicationsOptum Labs Data WarehouseUS commercial insurance databaseLedipasvir/sofosbuvirMedian OOP costsNew HCV medicationsInterferon-based regimensInterferon/ribavirinCommercial insurance databaseAdministrative claims dataChronic HCVLiver transplantElderly patientsHCV medicationsHepatitis CNew regimensLiver diseaseTreatment patternsInsurance databaseUrgent treatmentPrimary treatmentClaims dataImpact of laboratory cost display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs
Long T, Bongiovanni T, Dashevsky M, Halim A, Ross JS, Fogerty RL, Silvestri MT. Impact of laboratory cost display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2016, 92: 592-596. PMID: 27033861, DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaboratory ordersAcademic medical centerCost awarenessMedicare reimbursement ratesProportion of residentsPreintervention periodPostintervention periodMedical CenterHealthcare costsImaging testsMost physiciansOrthopedic surgeryWeb-based surveyInternal medicineDiagnostic testsCost displayEmergency medicineReimbursement ratesPediatricsPhysiciansMedicineEntry screensCommon laboratoryResidentsSurgery
2015
Older Women With Localized Breast Cancer: Costs And Survival Rates Increased Across Two Time Periods
Feinstein AJ, Long J, Soulos PR, Ma X, Herrin J, Frick KD, Chagpar AB, Krumholz HM, Yu JB, Ross JS, Gross CP. Older Women With Localized Breast Cancer: Costs And Survival Rates Increased Across Two Time Periods. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 592-600. PMID: 25847641, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage II diseaseStage III diseaseCancer-related costsCancer careBreast cancerMedian costSurvival rateEnd Results Program-MedicareFive-year survivalCancer care costsBreast surgerySurvival outcomesImproved outcomesOlder womenRadiation therapyCare costsStage IIDiseaseStudy periodWomenCancerCareSignificant national attentionOutcomesPercent
2013
For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery
Sen S, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Roberts KB, Yu JB, Lesnikoski BA, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Surgery 2013, 155: 776-788. PMID: 24787104, PMCID: PMC4008843, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital ownership statusBreast-conserving operationsBreast-conserving surgeryUse of brachytherapyRadiation therapyOperative careBreast cancerMedicare beneficiariesOverall useReceipt of brachytherapyAdjuvant radiation therapyInvasive breast cancerFemale Medicare beneficiariesGreater overall useYears of ageShort life expectancyRetrospective studyRT modalityProfit hospitalsExpensive modalityOlder womenBrachytherapy useBreast brachytherapyHospitalBrachytherapy
2012
A Measure of Care Coordination?
Bynum JP, Ross JS. A Measure of Care Coordination? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2012, 28: 336-338. PMID: 23179970, PMCID: PMC3579982, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2269-0.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2007
Is P4P Really FFS?
Wodchis WP, Ross JS, Detsky AS. Is P4P Really FFS? JAMA 2007, 298: 1797-1799. PMID: 17940237, DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.15.1797.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters