2022
Trends In Treat-And-Release Emergency Care Visits With High-Intensity Billing In The US, 2006–19
Janke A, Gettel C, Koski-Vacirca R, Lin M, Kocher K, Venkatesh A. Trends In Treat-And-Release Emergency Care Visits With High-Intensity Billing In The US, 2006–19. Health Affairs 2022, 41: 1772-1780. PMID: 36469824, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelease ED visitsEmergency departmentED visitsNationwide Emergency Department SampleEmergency care visitsEmergency Department SampleProportion of visitsHealth care systemMore comorbiditiesCare visitsOlder patientsED careBilling practicesSerious diagnosisObservational studyUndifferentiated patientsPatient complexityCare servicesHealth statusCare systemVisitsPatientsEvolving roleReimbursement reformTreatDevelopment and testing of data infrastructure in the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Clinical Emergency Data Registry for opioid‐related research
Taylor A, Kinsman J, Hawk K, D'Onofrio G, Malicki C, Malcom B, Goyal P, Venkatesh A. Development and testing of data infrastructure in the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Clinical Emergency Data Registry for opioid‐related research. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2022, 3: e12816. PMID: 36311336, PMCID: PMC9597093, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsEmergency departmentAmerican CollegeData registryEmergency care visitsOpioid use disorderStructured data collection toolNational clinical quality registryUrine drug testingClinical quality registryManual chart reviewValidity testingStandardized documentation templateOpioid medicationsCare visitsChart reviewEnvironmental scanPhysician reviewersMedicines RegistryModerate feasibilityQuality registryEmergency physiciansHospital careUse disordersCommon data elements
2020
Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home?
Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D’Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology 2020, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care visitsCare visitsEmergency departmentMedicare beneficiariesSNF staySNF servicesSkilled nursing facility residentsNursing facility residentsSkilled nursing facility servicesAcute care capabilitiesCross-sectional analysisNursing facility servicesHigher proportionAcute careMedical homeFacility residentsCare capabilitiesVisitsNumber of daysStayCareDepartmentFacility servicesBeneficiariesProportionCross‐sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Venkatesh AK, Mei H, Shuling L, D’Onofrio G, Rothenberg C, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Cross‐sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 570-579. PMID: 32302034, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsEmergency departmentUnscheduled careMedicare beneficiariesCross-sectional analysisVisit ratesCare servicesHighest ED visit ratesNumber of EDVulnerable subpopulationsSkilled nursing facility useAmbulatory office settingNon-ED settingsUnscheduled care servicesAcute care utilizationED visit ratesOffice-based visitsAcute care servicesClaims-based definitionNursing facility useMedicare beneficiaries age 65Dual-eligible beneficiariesOlder adult populationBeneficiaries age 65Care visits