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Disability related costs from MS: Quantifying the impact on employer benefits
03 November 2025 - by Gabriela Dieguez, Charmaine Girdish, Prachi Bhatt
Multiple sclerosis costs employers nationwide more than $1 billion annually, but we estimate there is an opportunity to reduce disability-related claim costs by up to 30%.
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Understanding nonfatal firearm injuries: Incidence and healthcare spending for commercially insured members
23 October 2025 - by Charmaine Girdish, Harsha Mirchandani, Allison Halpren, Rebecca L. Johnson
Patient healthcare costs increase substantially in the six months after a nonfatal firearm injury. We analyze patterns for stakeholders to consider.
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Hospital internal resource costs and Medicare fee-for-service payment for kidney transplants
02 June 2025 - by Hanaa Siddiqi, Gabriela Dieguez, Charmaine Girdish, Siyi Lu, Carol Bazell
Among kidney transplants in the United States, 64% of procedures were paid for by Medicare, and 90% of patients received induction therapy, according to our analysis for Sanofi U.S.