2024
Calculation of Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings With and Without Inclusion of the Peer Grouping Step
Gettel C, Bagshaw K, Qin L, Lin Z, Rothenberg E, Omotosho P, Goutos D, Herrin J, Suter L, Schreiber M, Fleisher L, Myers R, Spivack S, Venkatesh A. Calculation of Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings With and Without Inclusion of the Peer Grouping Step. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2411933. PMID: 38753326, PMCID: PMC11099678, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.11933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Cross-Sectional StudiesHospitalsHumansQuality Indicators, Health CareQuality of Health CareUnited StatesConceptsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCross-sectional studyHospital characteristicsHigher star ratingsStar ratingsOverall hospital qualityLowest-performing hospitalsOverall star ratingQuality star ratingsHospital star ratingsStar Ratings scoresHospital qualityHospital performanceStratified hospitalsMedicaid ServicesMain OutcomesFace validityPeer groupPeer group approachPrimary outcomePeer comparisonHospitalRating scoresPeerMeasurement group
2021
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways: Opportunities for Emergency Clinicians to Turn Policy Into Practice
Gettel CJ, Ling SM, Wild RE, Venkatesh AK, Duseja R. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways: Opportunities for Emergency Clinicians to Turn Policy Into Practice. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 599-603. PMID: 34304917, PMCID: PMC8545831, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Emergency MedicineHealth PolicyHumansPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPhysician Incentive PlansQuality Assurance, Health CareReimbursement, IncentiveUnited StatesConceptsEmergency cliniciansFair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry
Venkatesh A, Ravi S, Rothenberg C, Kinsman J, Sun J, Goyal P, Augustine J, Epstein SK. Fair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 77: 501-510. PMID: 33455841, PMCID: PMC9103009, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Emergency Service, HospitalHumansLength of StayQualitative ResearchQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesReimbursement, IncentiveUnited StatesConceptsED groupMultiple EDsNational registryPatient-centered quality measuresED visit volumeHigh-volume EDsEmergency department throughputRegistry data setsSingle EDAmerican CollegeVisit volumeED typeRegistryStandardized approachPerformance scoresIdentification numberVisitsEDAcceptable methodStandardized scoresGroup-level analysisQuality measuresGroupScoresPerformance programs
2020
Trends in Publicly Reported Quality Measures of Hospital Imaging Efficiency, 2011-2018.
Davis M, McKiernan C, Lama S, Parzynski C, Bruetman C, Venkatesh A. Trends in Publicly Reported Quality Measures of Hospital Imaging Efficiency, 2011-2018. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2020, 215: 153-158. PMID: 32432908, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.19.21993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Contrast MediaDiagnostic ImagingEfficiency, OrganizationalHumansOutpatient Clinics, HospitalQuality Indicators, Health CareUnited StatesUnnecessary Procedures