2020
Assessment of Health Status and Barriers to Employment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries Not Meeting Work Requirements After Accounting for State Medical Frailty Exemptions
Silvestri DM, Gluck AR, Ross JS. Assessment of Health Status and Barriers to Employment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries Not Meeting Work Requirements After Accounting for State Medical Frailty Exemptions. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1008-1010. PMID: 32364563, PMCID: PMC7199172, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket costs for commonly used generic drugs, 2009-2017.
Liu P, Dhruva SS, Shah ND, Ross JS. Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket costs for commonly used generic drugs, 2009-2017. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2020, 26: 112-117. PMID: 32181626, DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2020.42635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrescription drug plansPocket costsMedicare prescription drug plansGeneric drugsDrug price transparencyCash pricesPrice transparencyPocket expenditureDiscount programDrug plansDrug discount programsMedicare beneficiariesGeneric drug discount programsBeneficiariesCostGeneric drug prescriptionPricesDrug listGeneric medications
2018
Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement
Drye EE, Altaf FK, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES, Montague JA, Bao H, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z. Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement. Medical Care 2018, 56: 193-201. PMID: 29271820, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsChronic conditionsMedicare feeService beneficiariesMedicare Chronic Conditions WarehouseMCC cohortBroad cohortChronic Conditions WarehouseRisk-standardized ratesNational quality measuresUnplanned admissionsFinal cohortTotal admissionsAdmission riskAccountable care organizationsAdmission ratesOutcome measuresAdmissionCohortCohort conditionCare organizationsPatientsStakeholder inputNarrow cohortBeneficiaries
2015
Observation encounters and subsequent nursing facility stays.
Vashi AA, Cafardi SG, Powers CA, Ross JS, Shrank WH. Observation encounters and subsequent nursing facility stays. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2015, 21: e276-81. PMID: 26244791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicare coverageCommunity-dwelling Medicare beneficiariesCommunity-dwelling beneficiariesRetrospective cohort studyHome health servicesSkilled nursing facility careNursing facility careCohort studyFacility stayInpatient stayMedicare beneficiariesFacility careObservation encountersHealth servicesStayLonger lengthPatientsAssociated costsSmall minorityOne-fourthBeneficiariesCare