Processing and validation of inpatient Medicare Advantage data for use in hospital outcome measures
Kyanko K, Sahay K, Wang Y, Schreiber M, Hager M, Myers R, Johnson W, Zhang J, Yen B, Suter L, Triche E, Li S. Processing and validation of inpatient Medicare Advantage data for use in hospital outcome measures. Health Services Research 2024 PMID: 38961668, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMedicare Advantage OrganizationsHospital outcome measuresPrincipal diagnosis codeOutcome measuresInpatient claimsDiagnosis codesMedicare AdvantageNational Provider IdentifierMedicare Advantage dataAcute careIntegrated data repositoryProvider IdentifierMedicaid ServicesMedicare dischargesMA claimsDuplicate claimsMA dataDemographic characteristicsCertificate numberMedicareHospitalEnrollment dataCompare diagnosesAdmissionIncorporating Medicare Advantage Admissions Into the CMS Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure
Kyanko K, Sahay K, Wang Y, Li S, Schreiber M, Hager M, Myers R, Johnson W, Zhang J, Krumholz H, Suter L, Triche E. Incorporating Medicare Advantage Admissions Into the CMS Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2414431. PMID: 38829614, PMCID: PMC11148674, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSpecialty subgroupsPerformance quintileMedicare AdvantageReadmission ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital-wide readmission measureHospital outcome measuresTest-retest reliabilityRisk-adjustment variablesMeasurement reliabilityAdministrative claims dataReadmission measuresImprove measurement reliabilityIntegrated data repositoryMA beneficiariesQuintile rankingsMedicare beneficiariesMedicaid ServicesAll-causePublic reportingStudy assessed differencesClaims dataOutcome measuresMA cohort