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Establishing the feasibility of measuring performance in use of addiction pharmacotherapyCindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA Electronic address
J Subst Abuse Treat 45:11-8. 2013..An important methodological point is that results are sensitive to specifications, so that standardization is critical to measuring performance across systems...
Incidence and cost of pneumonia in medicare beneficiariesCindy Parks Thomas
Brandeis University Schneider Institute on Healthcare Systems, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Chest 142:973-81. 2012....
Prescribers' expectations and barriers to electronic prescribing of controlled substancesCindy Parks Thomas
Brandeis University Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 19:375-81. 2012..To better understand barriers associated with the adoption and use of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), a practice recently established by US Drug Enforcement Administration regulation...- Advancing performance measures for use of medications in substance abuse treatmentCindy Parks Thomas
Brandeis University, Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 40:35-43. 2011..This article summarizes those findings by identifying a number of critical themes related to advancing SUD pharmacotherapy performance measures, highlighting examples from the field, and recommending actions for policy makers... - Use of buprenorphine for addiction treatment: perspectives of addiction specialists and general psychiatristsCindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South St, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:909-16. 2008..This study examined prescribing practices for buprenorphine, including facilitators and barriers, and the organizational settings that facilitate its being incorporated into treatment... - Research to practice: adoption of naltrexone in alcoholism treatmentCindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Heller Graduate School MS035, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 24:1-11. 2003.... - Trends in the use of psychotropic medications among adolescents, 1994 to 2001Cindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:63-9. 2006..This study examined trends in the prescription of psychotropic medications to adolescents aged 14 to 18 years in office-based care in the United States from 1994 to 2001... - How do seniors use their prescription drug discount cards?Cindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institutefor Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2005..This suggests that some had other options or that more effort is needed to assure that seniors understand the value of drug savings programs and how to use them... - Substance abuse treatment organizations as mediators of social policy: slowing the adoption of a congressionally approved medicationStanley S Wallack
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 37:64-78. 2010..These findings suggest that such policies would be more effective if they incorporate an understanding of all three internal systems... - Effect of an expenditure cap on low-income seniors' drug use and spending in a state pharmacy assistance programChristine E Bishop
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1010-28. 2009..SeniorCare enrolled non-Medicaid-eligible elders with income less than 200 percent of Federal Poverty Level. Minimal copays increased by 20 percent of prescription cost when enrollee expenditures reached $1,750... - Incentive-based formulariesCindy Parks Thomas
Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass, USA
N Engl J Med 349:2186-8. 2003 - Impact of health plan design and management on retirees' prescription drug use and spending, 2001Cindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2002..Although we did not find lower rates of use in plans with aggressive cost sharing, this may be attributable in part to their higher drug use associated with mail-order incentives... - Health plans' strategies to control prescription drug spendingStanley S Wallack
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:141-8. 2004..These efforts have focused on lowering the cost per prescription by emphasizing generic substitution and therapeutic interchange of less costly drugs... - Update on prescription monitoring in clinical practice: a survey study of prescription monitoring program administratorsNathaniel Katz
Inflexxion, Inc, Newton, Massachusetts 02464, USA
Pain Med 9:587-94. 2008..The purpose of this study was to provide a benchmark of the current status of PMPs for healthcare providers upon which to engage PMP administrators... - Differences in prescription drug use in HMO and self-insured health plansStanley S Wallack
Brandeis University
Med Care Res Rev 64:98-116. 2007..Furthermore, when cost sharing was set at zero, HMO plans were found to have significantly fewer and cheaper medications, resulting in lower per-enrollee medication expenditures...