Provision of Hospital Price Information After Increases in Financial Penalties for Failure to Comply With a US Federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

Importance: Price transparency regulations aim to help patients make informed decisions about medical care, but enforcing these rules is a policy challenge. There may be an association between financial penalties and hospital compliance for enforcing price transparency regulations.

Objective: To evaluate the association between financial penalties and acute care hospital compliance with the 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Price Transparency Rule.

Turnover in Zero-Premium Status Among Health Insurance Marketplace Plans Available to Low-Income Enrollees.

Importance: Recent subsidy enhancements in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces made many low-income enrolles (below 150% of the federal poverty level [FPL]) eligible for 2 free silver-tier plans. eligible for 2 free silver-tier plans. However, an unintended consequence of this structure is that the identity of which silver plans are free will often "turn over" between years, requiring that enrollees actively initiate premium payment (or lose coverage).

US Hospital Characteristics Associated With Price Transparency Regulation Compliance.

This cross-sectional study examines associations between characteristics of US hospitals and their compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulations for transparency of insurance-negotiated prices.

Characterizing the Reaction of Doctors to COVID-19 on Twitter.

With the recent surges of new COVID-19 variants, clear public health messaging on social media has become more vital than ever. One important source of public health information are messages and reactions expressed by medical professionals. However, the content of messages promogulated by these experts are not fully understood.

Live-dead assay on unlabeled cells using phase imaging with computational specificity.

Existing approaches to evaluate cell viability involve cell staining with chemical reagents. However, the step of exogenous staining makes these methods undesirable for rapid, nondestructive, and long-term investigation. Here, we present an instantaneous viability assessment of unlabeled cells using phase imaging with computation specificity.

Do physician incentives increase patient medication adherence?

Objective: To test the effectiveness of physician incentives for increasing patient medication adherence in three drug classes: diabetes medication, antihypertensives, and statins.

Data Sources: Pharmacy and medical claims from a large Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan from January 2011 to December 2012.

Study Design: We conducted a randomized experiment (911 primary care practices and 8,935 nonadherent patients) to test the effect of paying physicians for increasing patient medication adherence in three drug classes: diabetes medication, antihypertensives, and statins.

Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences.

Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1 million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk tolerance, adventurousness, and risky behaviors in the driving, drinking, smoking, and sexual domains. Across all GWAS, we identified hundreds of associated loci, including 99 loci associated with general risk tolerance.

PROMIS Computer Adaptive Tests Compared With Time to Brake in Patients With Complex Lower Extremity Trauma.

Objectives: To compare the PROMIS Physical Function and Pain Interference Computer Adaptive Tests (PROMIS PF CAT and PROMIS PI CAT) with time to brake (TTB) in patients with complex lower extremity traumas for evaluating whether patients can safely return to driving.

Design: Prospective.

Setting: Level-1 trauma center.