Publications by authors named "Jacob S Hogan"
Article Synopsis
- Over half of cancer patients receive radiotherapy, but factors like location and demographics influence their access and completion of treatment.
- A study analyzed over 3 million patients with common solid tumors, finding that those living more than 50 miles from treatment centers were less likely to receive radiotherapy recommendations, and there were disparities based on race and insurance status.
- Understanding these geographic and sociodemographic factors is crucial for improving access to care and could help policymakers support at-risk patients more effectively.
Introduction: Physicians have gravitated toward larger group practice arrangements in recent years. However, consolidation trends in colorectal surgery have yet to be well described. Our objective was to assess current trends in practice consolidation within colorectal surgery and evaluate underlying demographic trends including age, gender, and geography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiation oncology (RO) has seen declines in Medicare reimbursement (MCR) in the past decade under the current fee-for-service model. Although studies have explored decline in reimbursement at a per-code level, to our knowledge there are no recent studies analyzing changes in MCR over time for common RO treatment courses. By analyzing changes in MCR for common treatment courses, our study had 3 objectives: (1) to provide practitioners and policymakers with estimates of recent reimbursement changes for common treatment courses; (2) to provide an estimate of how reimbursement will change in the future under the current fee-for-service model if current trends continue; and (3) to provide a baseline for treatment episodes in the event that the episode-based Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model is eventually implemented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhysicians are trending towards practice consolidation nationally; however, changes in dermatology practice size remain to be assessed. The objective of this study was to analyze trends in dermatology practice size from 2012 to 2020 using a large-scale Medicare physician database. We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis using 2012 and 2020 data obtained from the Physician Compare Database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To analyze recent trends in orthopaedic surgery consolidation and quantify these changes temporally and geographically from 2012 to 2020.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of orthopaedic surgeon practice size in the United States using 2012 and 2020 data obtained from the Physician Compare database.
Results: Although we observed an increase from 21,216 unique orthopaedic surgeons in 2012 to 21,553 in 2020 (1.
Background: Consolidation of physician practices is well-documented in recent years, yet minimal data exist regarding consolidation in general surgery. This study evaluates current trends in general surgery practice consolidation.
Methods: Data were obtained through the CMS Physician Compare database.
Study Objective: Practice consolidation is common and has been shown to affect the quality and cost of care across multiple health care delivery settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, and physician practices. Despite a long history of large practice management group formation in emergency medicine and intensifying media attention paid to this topic, little is known about the recent practice consolidation trends within the specialty.
Methods: All data were obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Physician Compare database, which contains physician and group practice data from 2012 to 2020.