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We thank Dr. Miller, who is a generalist pioneer in treating HCV at Grady Hospital, for her positive response to our program. While an ongoing challenge is a high missed appointment rate, we find that patients who do attend appointments are able to achieve cure. We wish that similar interdisciplinary, public health oriented programs could be implemented to address other primary care issues such as diabetes. Ironically, it...
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I was pleased to see "A Hepatitis C Treatment Program Based in a Safety-Net Hospital Patient-Centered Medical Home" by Dr. Lasser and colleagues published in Annals of Family Medicine. The paper describes a public health oriented program that uses a multidisciplinary team, including general internists, to provide HCV care and treatment for patients in an urban patient centered medical home. The program demonstrated succ...
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Dear Dr. Yawn, Thank you for the kind comments on our paper. I'd like to point out that the 340B pharmacy benefit was instrumental in launching and sustaining our program. Safety-net practices may be eligible for this benefit and, if so, could implement a similar HCV treatment program in primary care. Best, Karen Lasser
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I congratulate Dr. Lasser and her colleagues on tackling an important gap in current care of the many individuals with recognized and unrecognized hepatitis C. To date many patients have had to seek care from subspecialists for confirmation and treatment of their hepatitis C resulting in a high level of unmet needs among primary care patients. This work clearly demonstrates the ability and feasibility of including cu...
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