Rhode Island Medical Journal

Appendicocecal Loop Urinary Diversion in a Transplant Kidney: Case Report, Literature Review - PubMed Urinary diversion in renal transplant patients can take a variety of forms - bladder augmentation, continent cutaneous pouch, or intestinal conduits, to name a few. Herein, we present a unique case of an appendicocecal urinary diversion in a patient with history of end stage renal disease, pelvic ra...

How All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) Can be Used to Examine Changes in Professional Spending: Experience from the Rhode Island APCD - PubMed States are increasingly the focus of health care spending reform efforts given political deadlock at the federal level. Using the Rhode Island All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) from 2016 to 2019, a modified National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) provider taxonomy, and the 2021 Restructured BETOS Cla...