Dr. Brian Patterson was recently awarded a K08 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to study the prevention of future falls among older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED). Older adults frequently rely on the ED for acute, unscheduled care, and these vists offer an opportunity to identify older adults at… Read more »
Daniel Jung et al. studied whether pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives have affected racial/ethnic disparities in Medicare Advantage plans. The authors studied data from the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey and found similar racial/ethnic differences in receipt of preventive healthcare before and after the introduction of P4P.
Dr. Christine Everett, a former HIP trainee, recently received a K01 grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the impact of primary care clinician interdependence and coordination on the quality of care delivered to complex older patients with diabetes. She is the first physician assistant faculty member in the United States to receive an… 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 »
Dr. Gretchen Schwarze recently received an R03 award from the National Institute on Aging to conduct a feasibilty study of a communication tool to help older adults facing difficult surgical decisions make choices that align with their personal preferences. In the project, Dr. Schwarze and colleagues will train surgeons on the use of the tool, assess… Read more »
Can peer support do a better job than standard community services of keeping elderly people out of hospitals and nursing homes? A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team led by Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs, associate professor of medicine and associate vice chair for health services research, was awarded $2.1 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)… Read more »
Dr. Jane Mahoney and Betsy Abramson from The Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging (WIHA) recently spoke on Wisconsin Public Radio about the types of programs that WIHA offers to support older adults and people living with chronic illnesses, as well as the many benefits of the programs. In collaboration with WIHA, the Health Innovation Program… Read more »
Dr. Nancy Pandhi and Dr. Gretchen Schwarze have been selected to receive New Investigator awards from the Wisconsin Partnership Program for their projects, “Aligning Preferences in Older Adults with Decision for High Risk Surgery” and “The Effectiveness of an Integrated Mental Health and Primary Care Model for Wisconsin Patients with Severe Mental Illness,” respectively. Read more about the… Read more »
Dr. Heather Neuman et al. studied current patterns of oncologist breast cancer follow-up to determine the association between patient and tumor characteristics and follow-up frequency. Using SEER-Medicare data, the authors found young age, positive nodes, estrogen/progesterone receptor positivity, and increasing treatment intensity were most strongly associated with more frequent follow-up. Number and types of oncologists… Read more »
Using Medicare claims and EHR data from a large physician group, Christine Everett et al. looked at how to incorporate physician assistants and nurse pracitioners (PA/NPs) into primary care teams. This article describes the division of patients and services between PCPs for older diabetes patients on panels with varying levels of PA/NP involvement. Panels with… Read more »
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