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The Value-Based Payment Modifier is not associated with performance differences between practices serving higher-risk and lower-risk patients

Value-Based Payment Modifier Not Tied to Practice Performance

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Performance differences between practices narrowed after adjustment for patient characteristics
Clinician denial of some types of tests requested by patients is associated with worse patient satisfaction with the clinician

Clinician Denial of Patient Requests Impacts Satisfaction

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Worse satisfaction in association with denial of request for referral, pain meds, other meds, lab tests
Coffee consumption seems safe and is associated with reduced risk for various health outcomes

Coffee Consumption Appears to Provide More Benefit Than Harm

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Largest relative reduction in health outcomes seen with intake of three to four cups/day versus none
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty seems to be safe but ineffective for patients with multiple sclerosis and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty Ineffective in MS

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Findings in patients with relapsing-remitting MS and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
For older adults

Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale IDs Adverse Outcomes

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Relative to ARS and DBI-Ach, ACB shows good dose-response link for anticholinergic burden, outcomes
New solutions are needed to address burnout among health care team members

New Workflows Have Potential to Address Provider Burnout

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Change fatigue is the leading cause of care team burnout, yet new solutions needed
Seemingly benign

Essay Adds to Discourse on Impact of Suggestive Jokes

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Authors say commonplace suggestive jokes normalize, dismiss sexual misconduct experiences
Clinician suspicion has minimal accuracy for the diagnosis of Lyme disease

Clinician Suspicion Minimally Accurate for Lyme Disease

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12 percent of the children clinicians thought were unlikely to have Lyme disease had Lyme disease
Individuals born between 1947 and 1964 have a significantly increased risk of prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death

Baby Boomers Have Increased Risk of Rx Opioid Overdose Death

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In addition, those born from 1947 to 1964 and 1979 to 1992 have increased risk of heroin overdose death
Cerebral morphometric alterations can discriminate between children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and controls

Cerebral Morphometric Changes Discriminate ADHD, Controls

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Alterations discern ADHD-I, ADHD-C, with discriminating features located in DMN, insular cortex