In a recent perspective piece in NEJM, Dr. Gellad discusses the history of drug rebates in Medicare Part D and potential implications of the HHS proposal to elimate safe harbor protections for rebates.
Vets and Overdose Risk
Researchers found that Veterans receiving opioid prescriptions from the VA and Medicare Part D have a three-fold increase in risk of overdose death. Lead author Dr. Patience Moyo is a former CP3 Postdoc.
CP3 researchers are using innovative machine learning approaches to more accurately predict risk of opioid overdose. Read more about this work here and here.
Physician Peer Networks
In a PLoS One paper, CP3 faculty report that peers strongly influence physician adoption of new drugs.
