2024
Payment Innovation in Emergency Care: A Case for Global Clinician Budgets
Pines J, Black B, Cirillo L, Kachman M, Nikolla D, Moghtahderi A, Oskvarek J, Rahman N, Venkatesh A, Venkat A. Payment Innovation in Emergency Care: A Case for Global Clinician Budgets. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: 305-312. PMID: 38691065, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinician groupsClinical workloadEmergency departmentPopulation health programsUS emergency departmentsClinician staffingPopulation healthWorkforce attritionEmergency careHealth programsGovernment payorsED capacityHospital incentivesHospital boardsImprove equityClinician servicesLow reimbursementImprove qualityFinancial incentivesReimbursement ratesFunding modelsReimbursementGlobal budgetState-level legislationFinancial pressures
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
2021
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of High-Acuity Professional Services Performed by Urban and Rural Emergency Care Physicians Across the United States
Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, Greenwood-Ericksen MB, Parwani VL, Ulrich AS, Pilgrim RL, Venkatesh AK. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of High-Acuity Professional Services Performed by Urban and Rural Emergency Care Physicians Across the United States. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 140-149. PMID: 33771412, PMCID: PMC8238845, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional analysisCare EvaluationRural physiciansMedicare feeEmergency careUrban physiciansMedicare Public Use FilesManagement service codesEmergency care physiciansLogistic regression analysisPrimary outcomeCare physiciansPhysician levelService beneficiariesPublic Use FilePhysiciansIndividual physiciansUse FileRegression analysisQuintileCareProportion of servicesReimbursementPart B.Urban settings