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 ratesCalculation 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 ResearchConceptsCenters 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 groupMeasuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance
Nash K, Weerahandi H, Yu H, Venkatesh A, Holaday L, Herrin J, Lin Z, Horwitz L, Ross J, Bernheim S. Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance. JAMA 2024, 331: 111-123. PMID: 38193960, PMCID: PMC10777266, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack patientsPatient populationHospital characteristicsHospital-wide readmission measureDual-eligible patientsHospital patient populationCross-sectional studyMeasures of hospitalHealth care qualityPatient demographicsReadmission ratesClinical outcomesPatient raceEligible hospitalsReadmissionMAIN OUTCOMEReadmission measuresMedicare dataUS hospitalsHospitalCare qualityPatientsMedicaid ServicesOutcomesLower percentage
2023
Unfilled in emergency medicine: An analysis of the 2022 and 2023 Match by program accreditation, ownership, and geography
Gettel C, Bennett C, Rothenberg C, Smith J, Goldflam K, Sun W, Venkatesh A. Unfilled in emergency medicine: An analysis of the 2022 and 2023 Match by program accreditation, ownership, and geography. AEM Education And Training 2023, 7: e10902. PMID: 37600854, PMCID: PMC10436034, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEM residency programsClinical sitesResidency programsGreater riskCross-sectional observational studyPrimary outcomeObservational studyProfit ownershipResidency program characteristicsMedicaid ServicesEmergency medicineCore-based statistical areasGraduate Medical EducationHigher numberRiskAccreditation CouncilDurationMatch cycleProgram characteristicsYearsStatusAvailable dataResidency positions
2014
Opportunities for quality measurement to improve the value of care for patients with multiple chronic conditions.
Venkatesh A, Goodrich K, Conway PH. Opportunities for quality measurement to improve the value of care for patients with multiple chronic conditions. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2014, 161: s76-80. PMID: 25402407, DOI: 10.7326/m13-3014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsQuality measurement effortsChronic conditionsAffordable Care ActValue of careHealth care spendingIndividual cliniciansMeaningful improvementsSustained quality improvementHealth systemACA expansionPatientsInsurance accessMedicaid ServicesVulnerable populationsPatient ProtectionCare spendingCare ActLongitudinal measurementsCliniciansMeasure developmentPopulationHospitalCarePrevention