Abstracts tagged "Medicare"

Abstract Number: 129 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of the Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score Results on Whether Rheumatologists Changed Biologic Therapy for RA Patients
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Kerri Ford², Lang Chen³, Huifeng Yun³ and Fenglong Xie⁴, ¹Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) score is a validated test used to assess disease activity for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). How it is…
Abstract Number: 136 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Associated Comorbidities in the 2011-2015 Medicare Population
Suying Li, Julia T. Molony, Yi Peng, Kimberly M. Nieman and David T. Gilbertson, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease affecting about 1.5 million adults in the US (Helmick et al., 2008). Patients with RA have…
Abstract Number: 1113 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Older Patients with Gout Initiating Probenecid Versus Allopurinol: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Seoyoung C. Kim¹, Tuhina Neogi², Eun Ha Kang³, Jun Liu⁴, Rishi J. Desai⁵, MaryAnn Zhang⁶ and Daniel H. Solomon⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy; Pharmacoepidemiologyand Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and heart failure (HF). Although both probenecid and…
Abstract Number: 128 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Call to Action: Cardiovascular Comorbidities in Medicare Rheumatology Beneficiaries
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹ and Sunita Dodani², ¹University of Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) manifestations of Rheumatological inflammatory diseases have become increasingly recognized, and, in some patients, might even constitute the initial presentation of a Rheumatological…
Abstract Number: 145 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduction in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSK-US) Payments in 2014: Effects & Consequences
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹ and Sunita Dodani², ¹Rheumatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Epidemiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine & College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Rapid rise in the use of diagnostic and interventional MSK-US within the Medicare population between 2011 and 2013 has been documented amongst non-radiology…
Abstract Number: 1255 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Medicare Part B Utilization By Rheumatology Health Care Providers As Related to Population Demographics from 2013
Sreelakshmi Panginikkod¹, David T Liss², Venu Pararath Gopalakrishnan¹, Pratyusha Bollimunta¹, Andriy Havrylyan¹, Farah Faridi¹ and Manish Jain³, ¹Internal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
Background/Purpose: In 2015, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services released claims data on payments to over 950,000 health care providers paid through Medicare Part…
Abstract Number: 925 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSK-US): Innovation or Overutilization?
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹, Dale Kraemer², Carmen Smotherman³ and Sunita Dodani⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Center for Health Equity and Quality Research, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³Center for Health Equity and Quality Research,, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: MSK-US use has risen in the USA with recent disturbing findings suggesting greater utilization of interventional ultrasound by non-noradiologists compared to Radiologists. (1) This…
Abstract Number: 1268 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utilization of Viscosupplementation: 2011 – 2013
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹, Myint Thway¹ and Sunita Dodani², ¹Rheumatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Viscosupplementation (VS) is approved in the USA as an option for knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain. Recent American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) guidelines have…
Abstract Number: 1910 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Hypersensitiviy Among Medicare Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Were Taking Biologics
Huifeng Yun¹, Fenglong Xie², Lang Chen³, James Lewis⁴ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁵, ¹Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Healthcare providers have been alerted to the potential drug hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs, an adverse drug reaction that are uncommon but may be severe and…
Abstract Number: 1849 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Malignancy Among Medicare Psoriasis/Psoriasis Arthritis Patients
Huifeng Yun¹, Kevin L. Winthrop², Lang Chen³, Wilson Smith⁴, Benjamin Chan⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶, Allison Taylor⁴ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁷, ¹Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, ²Dept of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Clinical Immunology/Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ⁶Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose The introduction of biologics has greatly changed the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis (PsO). However, there are concerns regarding the risk of…
Abstract Number: 1070 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Develop Non–Hodgkin′s Lymphoma
Pratibha Nayak¹, Zaki Abou Zahr², Ruili Luo³, Linda Elting³ and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor⁴, ¹General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³The Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴The Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have greater risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) than the general population. A previous two-center study suggested that the rates…
Abstract Number: 1069 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis on the Mortality of Patients Who Develop Cancer: A Population-Based Study
Pratibha Nayak¹, Ruili Luo², Linda Elting² and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor³, ¹General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²The Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³The Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose Comorbidity among cancer patients imposes additional risks for premature mortality. The specific effect of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on survival among cancer patients is unknown.…
Abstract Number: 2338 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologic Switching Rates Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
L Rosenblatt¹, F Lobo¹, P Cockrum², L Wang³, E Alemao², O Baser⁴ and H Yuce⁵, ¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³STATinMED Research, Dallas, TX, ⁴STATinMED Research and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Brooklyn, NJ
Background/Purpose: Treatment guidelines for the management of RA recommend sequential use of biologic therapies, and the majority of patients switch from one anti-TNF agent to…
Abstract Number: 1053 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physician Proclivity To Use Oral Glucocorticoids Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Huifeng Yun¹, Fenglong Xie², Elizabeth S. Delzell¹, Lang Chen³, Emily Levitan¹, James Lewis⁴, Kenneth G. Saag⁵, Timothy Beukelman⁶, Kevin L. Winthrop⁷, John Baddley⁸ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁹, ¹Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Immunology & Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Dept of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁸Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: It is unclear if the elevated risks of adverse events in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are due to use of biologics or DMARDs, glucocorticoids…
Abstract Number: 1054 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use Of Oral and Subcutaneous MTX In a Commercially Insured Rheumatoid Arthritis Population
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie², Jie Zhang³, Lang Chen⁴, Huifeng Yun⁵, Michael H. Schiff⁶, Timothy Beukelman⁷ and Seth Ginsberg⁸, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Creaky Joints, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the most commonly used medication in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although use of oral and subcutaneous (SQ) preparations in real-world settings has…

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