2023
Estimated reimbursement impact of COVID‐19 on emergency physicians
Venkatesh A, Janke A, Koski‐Vacirca R, Rothenberg C, Parwani V, Granovsky M, Burke L, Li S, Pines J. Estimated reimbursement impact of COVID‐19 on emergency physicians. Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 636-643. PMID: 36820470, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNationwide Emergency Department SampleED visitsEmergency physiciansSecondary analysisCOVID-19Acute care utilizationEmergency Department SampleEmergency Department registryCOVID-19 pandemicHealth care servicesEmergency department sitesReimbursement impactCare utilizationBilling codesInsurance payerDepartment registryPrimary analysisCare servicesPhysiciansReimbursement lossHealth careStudy sampleVisitsPandemic-related lossReimbursement
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 reformTreat
2021
Letters of Correspondence: COVID-19 and Student Advocacy, Medical Education, Surge Response, and Testing.
Koski-Vacirca R, Zaidi D, Macko L, Prasad T, Karamchandani RR, Singh S, Asimos AW, Chen F, Isaak RS, Steiner BD, Martinelli SM, Weissler EH, Kibbe MR, Mann JWF, Caulfield H, Harr C, Hildreth AN, Krahnert JF, Reinke CE, Snyder JR, Tuttle-Newhall JE, Wyatt J, Shortell CK. Letters of Correspondence: COVID-19 and Student Advocacy, Medical Education, Surge Response, and Testing. North Carolina Medical Journal 2021, 82: 83-86. PMID: 33397766, DOI: 10.18043/ncm.82.1.83.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Resilience in Health Care Financing
Murphy K, Koski-Vacirca R, Sharfstein J. Resilience in Health Care Financing. JAMA 2020, 324: 126-127. PMID: 32662852, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.10417.Peer-Reviewed Original Research