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Out-of-Pocket Savings Under the Inhaler Price Cap

This cross-sectional study describes potential cost savings for both insured and uninsured users of brand-name inhalers in the US. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/VzknCT9

Pain Coping Skills Training for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effectiveness of pain coping skills training, a cognitive behavioral intervention, on pain interference among people receiving maintenance hemodialysis. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/IBu6kp2

The Case Against Dual Stabilization

This Viewpoint discusses the medical, ethical and legal conflicts clinicians face with the mandate to equally protect the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/vNg0AqD

Cost Shifting for Emergency Care of Veterans With Medicare After the MISSION Act

This cross-sectional study examines changes in payers for emergency department visits in Veterans Affairs and community facilities from 2016 to 2021. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/zPIjh4d

Confirmatory Trials for Drugs Granted Conditional Approval in China

This cross-sectional study analyzes differences in pivotal and confirmatory trial characteristics for drugs granted conditional approval in China. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/pEQuTNV

Flavored E-Cigarette Sales Restrictions and Young Adult Tobacco Use

This quasi-experimental survey study evaluates the association of restrictions on flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems with vaping and cigarette smoking among 18- to 29-year-old individuals in the US. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/vCw9Xhu

Advancing a National Infrastructure for Clinical Trials

This Viewpoint discusses improving clinical trials by modeling future research after clinical trials overseen by the National Cancer Institute, prioritizing cooperation between institutions, creating an infrastructure to answer multiple research questions, and integrating governance to determine key questions for research. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/6lmdZpB

Improving the Affordability of Prescription Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries

This Viewpoint assesses the affordability of traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Part D prescription drug benefits in the context of changes by the Inflation Reduction Act. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/lEBnSRQ

Financial Performance Gaps Between Critical Access Hospitals and Other Acute Care Hospitals

This cross-sectional study compares financial measures, including margins and commercial prices, between critical access hospitals and other acute care hospitals and examines how these comparisons vary by system affiliation. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/jHT5Ghz

US Tobacco 21 Policies and Potential Mortality Reductions by State

This decision simulation model quantifies potential reductions in smoking-attributable mortality associated with Tobacco 21 policies for each of the 50 states and Washington, DC, in the US. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/lVEdsW9

High-Risk Opioid Prescribing and Nurse Practitioner Independence

This difference-in-differences analysis examines whether the rates of high-risk opioid prescribing changed in association with nurse practitioner independence legislation. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/RvAVYIw

Will Cash Price Transparency Benefit Patients?

This Viewpoint discusses the ways in which cash price transparency might influence patients’ choice of clinician and how this would affect health care costs. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/UMJe0V6

The 2024 Presidential Election—An Inflection Point for Science

This JAMA Forum discusses the erosion of public trust in science during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides ideas for improving scientific literacy and communication to increase trust in public health and science. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/M25FtYh

How to Increase Living Kidney Donation—A Tale of Two Donors

This Viewpoint describes constraints to living kidney donation in the US and ways to improve the process for both donors and recipients. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/DMoUahT

Mitigating Clinical Algorithmic Discrimination

This Viewpoint discusses 5 critical issues that should be considered when developing and using clinical algorithms to minimize algorithmic discrimination. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/amAY653

Developing Evidence-Based Health Policy for Dementia Care

This JAMA Forum discusses developments in health policy that may help address issues, including rising costs and complex care delivery, in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias in the US. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/Sg0TPcN

Concerns Regarding Cardiac Rehabilitation and Patients With Lower Socioeconomic Status−Reply

In Reply We appreciate that Fu et al took the time to review and comment on our recent study on improving cardiac rehabilitation adherence among patients with lower socioeconomic status. While there were some appropriate concerns regarding the generalizability of the interventions tested, there also appear to be a few misunderstandings about the research conducted. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/WM1Hc0f

Depression Treatment After a Positive Depression Screen Result

This cohort study assesses systematic depression screening and recommended initial treatment among those with elevated depressive symptoms and/or suicidal ideation and whether individuals historically at risk for undertreatment received equitable initial care. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/gO164Hs

Care Models to Improve Pain and Reduce Opioids Among Patients Prescribed Long-Term Opioid Therapy

This randomized clinical trial compares the effectiveness of an integrated pain team vs pharmacist collaborative management on pain and opioid dosage. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/0iFS5lC

Legal Aid Is Essential to Effective Social Care Integration

This Viewpoint discusses how integration of social and legal services can deliver individual-level care that addresses health-related social needs such as food and housing security. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/6rwz2kg

The Oregon Medicaid Policy on Smoking Abstinence Prior to Elective Surgery

This Viewpoint discusses learnings from implementation of an Oregon guideline requiring that Medicaid-insured patients abstain from cigarette smoking for at least 4 weeks before most elective surgeries. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/ORCvPHo

With or Without ACA Repeal, ACA and Medicaid Cuts Are Looming

This JAMA Forum discusses potential changes looming in 2025 under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress, such as allowing enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) financial aid to expire and cutting federal Medicaid spending. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/IPmwieM

Prioritizing Research on Social Determinants of Health

This Viewpoint discusses the critical importance of prioritizing social determinants of health in reducing health disparities and advancing health equity. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/evQZTUX