Dr. Amy Kind recently briefed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on her work that showed that patients who were more socioeconomically disadvantaged were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital. A video of her presentation, as well as Continuing Medical Education credit, is available through the CMS website. Dr. Kind et al.’s… Read more »
In this study, Marguerite Burns et al. used insurance claims and Medicaid enrollment files to measure the change in health care use by rural, low-income childless adults after enrollment into a new public insurance program. The investigators found that public insurance enrollment led to substantial increases in outpatient visits, including preventive visits, but not mental health visits.… Read more »
Ifna Ejebe was awarded the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) R36 Health Services Dissertation Award and the NIH Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Award (F30) through the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Ifna will serve as the Principal Investigator of the project “Diabetes Self-Management Education and Associated Healthcare Use… Read more »
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently awarded Abiola Keller, PhD, MPH, clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at Marquette University, a 2-year $100,000 grant through the New Connections program. She will be evaluating the increasing role of non-physician providers in improving the quality and equity of depression treatment in the… Read more »
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs was recently re-appointed to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Addressing Disparities. She has served on the panel for the last year, and will now be serving for the next three years. Dr. Jacobs is one of 21 members of the panel, which represents investigators, providers, and community and… Read more »
Marguerite Burns et al. examined the effect of an insurance coverage transition that occured in 2006, which shifted coverage from Medicaid to Medicare Part D private drug plans for individuals who were enrolled in both programs. In this study, the authors investigated the receipt of guideline-concordant pharmacotherapy for biopolar I disorder after the transition and found… Read more »
Ethnicity has been identified as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, as well as increased morbidity and mortality with the disease. This study looked at the effect of minority status on diabetes screening practices in an ambulatory, insured population. The authors found that minority status did not independently lead to recommended diabetes screening. Factors… Read more »
Marguerite Burns et al. used Medical Expenditure Panel survey data to examine out-of-pocket health care spending for Medicaid enrollees aged 18-64 with disabilities. They found that the Medicaid program effectively limited out-of-pocket health costs for the majority of community-dwelling enrollees and that most of the spending is concentrated on prescription medications. However, for 10% of… Read more »
Marguerite Burns used Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Area Resources File data in combination with Medicaid data for adults with disabilities to analyze the impact of Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) on health care access for adults with disabilities. She found that mandatory MCO enrollees were 25% more likely to wait over 30 minutes to… Read more »
Marguerite Burns studied the effect of Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) on health care expenditures for working age adults with disabilities by comparing individual monthly Medicaid expenditures across beneficiaries who reside in counties with mandatory, voluntary, and no MCOs. She found that on average, the total monthly expenditures did not differ between fee-for-service and MCO… Read more »
Recent Comments