Optometrists across the country enrolled in the Southern New England Practice Transformation Network have helped 22,765 patients avoid the high costs that come with visits to the Emergency Department when they have eye emergencies.

This poster gives an overview of pulmonary exacerbation rates pre- and post-initiation of Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor (LUM/IVA) in Massachusetts' Medicaid program. Before this study, there had been no published data evaluating real-world outcomes for Medicaid patients receiving this therapy. 

Robert Seifert and a team of researchers examine longitudinal health service utilization for homeless family members before and after entering an emergency shelter. 

The Charitable Trusts Unit within the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office retained our Health Law & Policy team to assess the current provision of community benefits by Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health System, Inc. and the potential effects on cost, quality and access that could arise from these entities’ proposed transaction to join together into a regional health system.

This presentation shares the results of a prescriber outreach program seeking to evaluate awareness of the dangers of co-prescribing opioids with other powerful stimulants.  

UMass Medical School’s Community Case Management program partners with MassHealth, Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, to support children and adults with complex medical needs. We help individuals and families receive the care they need by identifying, obtaining and maintaining the necessary supports and services.

State and local government agencies and retirement systems need access to clinical expertise when making disability benefit recommendations. Our staff includes multi-specialty physician and psychologist advisors, registered nurses, licensed allied health specialists and vocational rehabilitation professionals, all with experience in the disability determination process. 

A team from UMass Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital collaborated on a quality improvement initiative seeking to increase and facilitate timely parent referrals to health benefits coordinators. They revised the current system at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Boston Children's Hospital, which resulted in a substantial increase in the percentage of referrals from less than 5% to a sustained average of 90%.

Pipeline Trends is produced by the Clinical Pharmacy Services and is distributed at least once a year. It provides an overview of promising new agents, investigational indications, and more.