Gunturu, Krishna S.
Pham, Timothy T.
Shambhu, Sonali
Fisch, Michael J.
Barron, John J.
Debono, David
Funding for this research was provided by:
Anthem
Article History
Received: 14 October 2021
Accepted: 10 January 2022
First Online: 21 January 2022
Declarations
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: This observational study, conducted under the Research Exception provisions of Privacy Rule 45 CFR 164.514(e), was exempt from Institutional Board Review because researchers accessed a limited dataset for analysis which was devoid of individual patient identifiers, and complied with all relevant provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Institutional review board exemption was not necessary because the study was an analysis of the managed care organization’s membership data for the purposes of health plan treatment, planning, and operations.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: Timothy Pham, Sonali Shambhu, and John Barron were full-time employees of HealthCore, a subsidiary of Anthem at the time of writing. David Debono is a full-time employee of Anthem. Michael Fisch is a full-time employee of AIM Specialty Health, a subsidiary of Anthem<b>.</b> Krishna Gunturu has no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.