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May 14, 2025
Changes in Coding Intensity Suggest How Upcoding Is Happening Across Outpatient Settings
A trend toward higher-acuity billing across care settings has raised concerns about upcoding, the effects of which extend beyond payer reimbursements.
Katie Patton • Colin Macon • Allison Oakes, Ph.D.
StudiesJanuary 10, 2025
Outpatient Utilization Rates in Cancer Care Reflect Procedure-Specific Shifts
The shift to outpatient cancer care reflects lower costs, patient demand and treatment innovations, offering more options for patients.
Katie Patton • sanjula-jain • Colin Macon
StudiesNovember 24, 2024
Lower-Cost Care Settings Can Offer Better Value
Lower-cost care settings like ASCs and urgent care can enhance value, improve outcomes and align with patient expectations, but fragmentation risks remain.
Katie Patton • Colin Macon • Austin Miller • sanjula-jain
StudiesSeptember 22, 2024
Whether a Market Has an Oversupply or Undersupply of Hospital Beds Is Defined by Market-Level Demographic and Demand Characteristics
Demographic differences between markets with an oversupply and undersupply of hospital beds suggest likely variations in local surgical demand.
Katie Patton • sanjula-jain • Austin Miller
StudiesSeptember 15, 2024
Whether a Market Has an Oversupply or Undersupply of Hospital Beds Is Defined by Market-Level Demographic and Demand Characteristics
Hospital bed data at the local level shows supply imbalances, expansion opportunities, and the market’s capacity to meet service demand.
Katie Patton • sanjula-jain
StudiesAugust 25, 2024
Increased Patient Volumes for Select Skin Conditions Align With Evolving Dermatologic Treatment Patterns
Because of the increasing demand for new dermatologic treatments, we examined recent trends in skin disease prevalence and prescription volumes.
Katie Patton • sanjula-jain • Austin Miller
StudiesJune 09, 2024
Telehealth Demand: An Update Four Years After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Telehealth saw early growth but has tapered, highlighting limited use cases. Policymakers must assess its clinical value, costs, and patient preferences.
Katie Patton • Colin Macon • sanjula-jain
StudiesJune 02, 2024
Liver-Related Mortality and Healthcare Utilization Among Younger Men Is Growing
Increase in alcohol consumption as a result of lockdown policies contributed to the rise in liver-related mortality among young men.
Katie Patton • sanjula-jain • Colin Macon
StudiesMay 12, 2024
The Marked Shift in Urgent Care Utilization: Two Years Later
The pandemic inflated urgent care patient volumes, overwhelming urgent care centers and reshaping the landscape of patient demand and care provision.
Katie Patton • Austin Miller • sanjula-jain
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