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AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

June 26-29, 2010—Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center—Boston, MA

This page lists Mathematica Policy Research and Center for Studying Health System Change staff. For a full listing of all presenters, go to the AcademyHealth website. Click here for a printable schedule.

Date/Time

Topic

Presenter/Author(s)


Saturday, June 26    
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Interest Group Meeting: State Health Research and Policy  
  Poster: "More 'Bang for the Buck?' Measuring State Medicaid Spending Efficiency" Debra Lipson
Sunday, June 27    
9:00-10:30 a.m. Session: Medicare Spending Growth  
  "Medicare and Medicaid Spending on Dual Eligible Beneficiaries" Arkadipta Ghosh
  Roundtable: Sick and Broke: The Burden of High-Cost Illness Peter Cunningham, Chair
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Roundtable: CMS Research Update  
  "Selected Logistical Challenges to Implementing PVBP Initiatives Under the ACA" Mary Laschober
  "Identifying the Responsible Provider for Value-Based Purchasing" Hoangmai Pham
  "Risk Adjusting Episode Costs for CMS Feedback Reports" Eric Schone
  "Designing Actionable Feedback Reporting on Medicare Cost Performance" Timothy Lake
    Myles Maxfield, Discussant
2:30-4:00 p.m. Poster Session  
  "Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Partnerships Between Employers and Health Plans" Tricia Higgins
  "Costs and Benefits of Providing In-Person Professional Medical Interpreters in the Emergency Department: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study" Ann Bagchi
  "Medicare Incentives for Using EHRs: Insights from Site Visits to Small and Mid-Sized Physician Practices" Rachel Shapiro
  Article of the Year: "Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization, Quality of Care, and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 15 Randomized Trials" Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, and Arnold Chen
4:15-5:45 p.m. Roundtable: Coverage Expansion During a Time of Fiscal Crisis: How Are States Responding? Carol Irvin
  Session: Chronic Care Complexity and Coordination  
  "Results from Radical Makeover of Care Coordination Program Show How Program Design Affects Success in Reducing Hospitalizations and Costs: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Before and After Key Changes in Program Design" Deborah Peikes and Greg Peterson
Monday, June 28    
8:00-9:30 a.m. Poster Session  
  "Challenges to Implementation of Disease Management for Medicare Beneficiaries" Dominick Esposito
9:45-11:15 a.m. Roundtable: Medicare Spending and Payment Reform: Implications for Beneficiaries and Providers Hoangmai Pham
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Session: The Effect of Health Information Technology on Clinical Quality  
  "The Influence of Integrated Electronic Medical Records and Computerized Nursing Notes on Nurses' Time Spent in Documentation" Tracy Yee
3:00-4:30 p.m. Session: Providers, Patients, and Families: Affects of Perspectives, Interactions, and Communications on Engagement  
  "Assessing Cultural Perspectives on Health Care Quality" Ann Bagchi
4:45-6:15 p.m. Roundtable: Balancing LTC: Can More Home- and Community-Based Support Save Money While Improving Care? Randall Brown
  Roundtable: Pay-for-Performance Version 2.0: Using Payment Reform to Improve Health Care Quality Hoangmai Pham
  Session: Comparative Effectiveness Research: Perspectives and Policy Applications  
  "Health Care Innovations in an Era of Comparative Effectiveness Research" Emily Carrier
6:30-8:00 p.m. Poster Session  
  "The Long-Term Sustainability of Process Improvement Innovations" Tracy Yee
  "Identifying the Evaluation Capacity of Community Health Organizations" Daniel Finkelstein
Tuesday, June 29    
8:00-9:30 a.m. Roundtable: Interventions to Improve Care Coordination Hoangmai Pham, Chair
Ann O'Malley
  Session: Service Use and Outcomes of Care for Vulnerable Populations with Behavioral Health Problems  
  "Health Care and Employment Experiences of Medicaid Buy-In Participants with Psychiatric Disabilities" Su Liu
9:45-11:15 a.m. Session: Provider Markets and Competition  
  "Physicians' Investments in Equipment for Diagnostic Testing, Imaging, and Medical Procedures" James Reschovsky
  Session: Measuring Quality and Efficiency in Large Health Care Systems  
  "More 'Bang for the Buck?' Measuring State Medicaid Spending Efficiency" Debra Lipson
  Session: Impact of Early Intervention Programs for People with Severe Mental Illness and Other Behavioral Health Conditions on Health, Employment, and Progression to Disability: Evidence from the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Henry Ireys, Chair
  "Overview and Lessons on the Design and Implementation of Early Intervention Programs for Individuals with Potentially Disabling Mental Health Conditions" Henry Ireys
  "Impact of Early Intervention Programs for Persons with Mental Health Conditions: Evidence from the National Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment" Boyd Gilman
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Session: Health Reform and Delivery System Organization  
  "Cost and Efficiency in Treating High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: The Role of Physician, Practice, and Health System Factors" James Reschovsky