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John Hughes, MD

Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Associate Director, Program for Biomedical Ethics

Contact Information

John Hughes, MD

Mailing Address

  • Internal Medicine

    PO Box 208056, 333 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06520-8056

    United States

Research Summary

Design and implementation of risk stratification/risk adjustment methods for use in analyzing computerized health care data sets.

Research Interests

Inpatients; Internal Medicine; Risk Adjustment; Healthcare Financing

Selected Publications

  • Identifying potentially preventable complications using a present on admission indicator.Hughes JS, Averill RF, Goldfield NI, Gay JC, Muldoon J, McCullough E, Xiang J. Identifying potentially preventable complications using a present on admission indicator. Health Care Financing Review 2006, 27: 63-82. PMID: 17290649, PMCID: PMC4194950.
  • Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs): a classification system for risk-adjusted capitation-based payment and health care management.Hughes JS, Averill RF, Eisenhandler J, Goldfield NI, Muldoon J, Neff JM, Gay JC. Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs): a classification system for risk-adjusted capitation-based payment and health care management. Medical Care 2004, 42: 81-90. PMID: 14713742, DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000102367.93252.70.
  • Can the Veterans Affairs health care system continue to care for the poor and vulnerable?Hughes JS. Can the Veterans Affairs health care system continue to care for the poor and vulnerable? The Journal Of Ambulatory Care Management 2003, 26: 344-8. PMID: 14567278, DOI: 10.1097/00004479-200310000-00008.
  • Identifying potentially preventable readmissions.Goldfield NI, McCullough EC, Hughes JS, Tang AM, Eastman B, Rawlins LK, Averill RF. Identifying potentially preventable readmissions. Health Care Financing Review 2008, 30: 75-91. PMID: 19040175, PMCID: PMC4195042.
  • Paying for outcomes, not performance: lessons from the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System.Averill RF, Hughes JS, Goldfield NI. Paying for outcomes, not performance: lessons from the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety / Joint Commission Resources 2011, 37: 184-92, 145. PMID: 21500719, DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37023-7.
  • Postadmission sepsis as a screen for quality problems: a case-control study.Hughes JS, Eisenhandler J, Goldfield N, Weinberg PG, Averill R. Postadmission sepsis as a screen for quality problems: a case-control study. American Journal Of Medical Quality : The Official Journal Of The American College Of Medical Quality 2014, 29: 499-507. PMID: 24226649, DOI: 10.1177/1062860613509002.
  • Rethinking Medicare Payment Adjustments for Quality.Averill RF, Fuller RL, McCullough EC, Hughes JS. Rethinking Medicare Payment Adjustments for Quality. The Journal Of Ambulatory Care Management 2016, 39: 98-107. PMID: 26945288, PMCID: PMC4870963, DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000137.
  • Should the Positive Predictive Value be Used to Validate Complications Measures?Hughes JS. Should the Positive Predictive Value be Used to Validate Complications Measures? Medical Care 2017, 55: 87. PMID: 27870661, DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000672.
  • A Middle-Ground Proposal for Making Health Care Premiums More Affordable.Averill RF, Hughes JS. A Middle-Ground Proposal for Making Health Care Premiums More Affordable. The Journal Of Ambulatory Care Management 2019, 42: 188-194. PMID: 31107801, DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000288.
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