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AUTHORSHIP FORM













By signing below, all authors acknowledge that they have read the Criteria for Authorship and the Copyright Transfer statements. In addition, your signature affirms that this work has not been previously published, is not subject to copyright or other rights except your own to be transferred to The American Journal of Managed Care®/The American Journal of Accountable Care®/Clinical Care Targeted Communications Group, LLC, and has not otherwise been submitted for publication, except under circumstances communicated to the Editors in writing at the time the work was first submitted. Every author must complete this form.


Criteria for Authorship


Each author should meet the criteria for authorship as described in the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Sub mitted to Biomedical Journals.” These criteria are outlined below and each author must indicate their specific contributions to the preparation of this manuscript by completing sections A, B, C, and D. 

Section A: I certify that:

  • the manuscript submitted under my name represents valid, original work and has not been submitted elsewhere and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere while under consideration by The American Journal of Managed Care® or The American Journal of Accountable Care®; and
  • if requested, I will provide the data or will cooperate fully in obtaining and providing the data on which the manuscript is based for examination by the editors; and

  • the primary correspondent with the editorial office, to review the galley proofs, and to make decisions regarding release of information in the manuscript to the media, federal agencies, or both; or if I am the only author, I will be the corresponding author and agree to serve in the roles described above.





Copyright Transfer


The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and The American Journal of Accountable Care® (AJAC) are owned, published, and copyrighted by Clinical Care Targeted Communications Group, LLC. In the event that AJMC® or AJAC publishes my work and in consideration of the editing and publication of my work and the professional benefits relating hereto, I transfer to Clinical Care Targeted Communications Group, LLC, copyright ownership and all worldwide right, title, and interest to all parts of the work including, but not limited to: (1) copyright (text and graphics); (2) the right to grant permission to republish the work in whole or in part, with or without fee; (3) the right to produce preprints or reprints for sale or free distribution; (4) world translation rights; and (5) the right to republish the work in a collection of articles or in any format including, but not limited to, electronic media.  Authors of manuscripts reporting research funded by NIH are granted permission to provide a copy of their accepted manuscript to the NIH for inclusion in PubMed Central. Authors should submit to PubMed Central the version of the article that was formally accepted for publication in AJMC® or AJAC. Submission of the final published version (ie, PDF or the HTML version downloaded from www.ajmc.com) is prohibited, as it would violate the copyright agreement.

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Acknowledgement:
(to be completed by the Corresponding Author only)

I attest that all individuals who contributed to the manuscript have been appropriately acknowledged, and that all contributors who are not authors have agreed in writing to be named in the Acknowledgement section of the article.




AUTHOR DISCLOSURE FORM

Each author must read and complete this form—even if you have nothing to disclose. For more information about the disclosure policy of The American Journal of Managed Care® and The American Journal of Accountable Care®, refer to the “Author Disclosure” section of the Manuscript Specifications available online at ajmc.com/specifications. The information you provide will only be used to create disclosure statements to be published with your paper.

1. Personal Potential Conflict

If within the past 12 months you have had any relationship with an entity that has a financial interest in the subject matter discussed in this manuscript, check the appropriate “yes” box below. If you do not have a listed relationship, check the appropriate “no” box.

 

[Note: For each question, either Yes or No must be checked. If Yes is checked, text must be typed in the Description text field]