2024
Inclusion of Veterans Health Administration hospitals in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings
Bagshaw K, Gettel C, Qin L, Lin Z, Suter L, Rothenberg E, Omotosho P, Duseja R, Krabacher J, Schreiber M, Nakashima T, Myers R, Venkatesh A. Inclusion of Veterans Health Administration hospitals in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2024 PMID: 39434547, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health Administration hospitalsNon-VHA hospitalsVeterans Health AdministrationCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesQuality star ratingsStar ratingsQuality measure scoresAcute care hospitalsInformed healthcare decisionsOverall star ratingVHA hospitalsHealthcare decisionsRate hospitalsHealth AdministrationMedicaid ServicesMeasure scoresCare hospitalFive-star ratingAdministration HospitalMatching analysisQuality ratingsHospitalVeteransOverall analysisHigher rates
2023
Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Lipska K, Altaf F, Barthel A, Spatz E, Lin Z, Herrin J, Bernheim S, Drye E. Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e230081. PMID: 36897581, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsSocial risk factorsMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityRisk factorsChronic conditionsSocioeconomic status indexMeasure scoresAcute admissionsCohort studyDual eligibilityHealthcare ResearchDual-eligible patientsRetrospective cohort studyUnplanned hospital admissionsRisk of hospitalizationArea Health Resource FileService beneficiaries 65 yearsBeneficiaries 65 yearsRisk factor adjustmentStatus indexMedicare administrative claimsHospital admissionOutcome measuresAdministrative claimsMAIN OUTCOME