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AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

June 23-26, 2012—Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin—Orlando, FL

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.

Date/Time

Topic

Presenter/Author(s)
Saturday, June 23
Interest Group Meetings
  
  Behavioral Health Services Research Interest Group Meeting  
1:45-3:15 p.m. Advances in the Integration of Physical and Behavioral Health  
  Presentation: Mental Health Training for Medical Assistants in Primary Care Jonathan Brown
3:30-5:00 p.m. Moving Toward Better Mental Health Outcomes by Evaluating Spending, Services, and Systems  
  Presentation: Medication Continuity Among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia: State Variation and Medication Utilization Management Practices Jonathan Brown and Allison Barrett
  Child Health Services Research Interest Group Meeting  
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Evaluating States' CHIPRA Medical Home Demonstrations: Baseline Findings and Strategies for Addressing Methodological Challenges  
  Presentation: Addressing Methodological Challenges in the Multi-State Evaluation of Medicaid/CHIP Medical Home Demonstration Henry Ireys
1:45-3:15 p.m. Outpatient Quality Improvement and Measurement Henry Ireys, Chair
  Disability Research Interest Group Meeting  
4:00-5:30 p.m. Outcomes Panel  
  Presentation: State Trends in Enrollment and Spending for Under 65 Dual Eligibles in Medicaid Managed Care Jenna Libersky
  Quality and Value Interest Group Meeting  
3:30-5:30 p.m. Quality Improvement Interventions to Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates and Related Measurement Considerations  
  Presentation: What Parts of Care Transition Programs Work Best Jelena Zurovac
  State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Annual Meeting  
1:30-3:00 p.m. Monitoring ACA Implementation  
  Presentation: Using Data to Drive State Coverage System Performance Christopher Trenholm
Sunday, June 24
Annual Research Meeting
  
8:00-9:00 a.m. Meet the Experts Breakfast Randall Brown, Featured Expert
9:00-10:30 a.m. Session: Behavioral Health Services and Policy  
  Presentation: The Effects of Parity on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Spending and Utilization: Does Diagnosis Matter? Frank Yoon (co-author) and Others
  Session: Research on Access, Use, and Affordability of Child Health Services: Implications for Health Care Reform Joseph Zickafoose, Discussant
  Session: Preparing the Primary and Specialty Care Workforce for the Medical Home  
  Presentation: Care Coordination Skills and Capabilities for the Medical Home: Priorities for Development Ann O'Malley
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Session: How Will the ACA Affect Children's Coverage and Access?  
  Presentation: Finding Coverage in a Health Insurance Exchange: Coverage, Benefits, and Subsidies for Families with Children Deborah Chollet
  Session: Economic Value of Reducing Disparities Chapin White, Reactor
2:30-4:00 p.m. Session: Recognition Panel Craig Thornton, Chair
4:30-6:00 p.m. Session: Innovative Models for Integrating Behavioral Health Within the Medical Home  
  Presentation: Framing Child Mental Health for Integration with Pediatric Primary Care Jonathan Brown (presenter) and Others
Monday, June 25    
8:00-9:30 a.m. Session: Integrating Primary Care and Public Health: A Discussion of the Institute of Medicine Report (Roundtable) Catherine McLaughlin, Panelist
  Session: Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, and the Provision of Primary Care in the United States  
  Presentation: Comparing Services Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries by Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Physicians Catherine DesRoches (presenter) and Others
  Presentation: Comparative Perspectives of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Catherine DesRoches (co-author) and Others
  Presentation: Looking for Team-Based Care: Nurse Practitioners and Provider Attribution Catherine DesRoches (co-author) and Others
  Session: Research on Child Health Services Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement Margo Rosenbach, Chair and Discussant
9:45-11:15 a.m. Poster Session B  
  Poster: Lessons Learned: An Environmental Scan to Find Existing Performance Measures Appropriate for Electronic Reporting Under the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Rachel Shapiro (presenter), Leslie Conwell, Thomas Croghan, Cynthia Cullen, and Others
  Poster: Initial Steps for the Potential Establishment of an Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program at CMS Melissa Azur (presenter), Alyssa Crawford, Miriam Roseanu, and Others
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Session: A New Tool for Evaluating System Change (Methods Workshop) Randall Brown, Chair
Jelena Zurovac, Panelist
3:00-4:30 p.m. Session: Observational Data Analysis for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Methods Workshop) Frank Yoon, Panelist
  Session: Innovations in Care Delivery  
  Presentation: The Growing Role of Workplace Health Clinics Ellyn Boukus
  Presentation: The Surge in Urgent Care Centers: Implications for Costs and Care Coordination Tracy Yee
5:00-6:30 p.m. Session: Practical Issues in the Calculation and Use of Quality Measures Matthew Sweeney, Chair
  Presentation: Impact of Truncation of Diagnoses on AHRQ Quality Measures Alex Bohl (presenter), Matthew Sweeney, and David Jones
  Presentation: Reliability of Inpatient Quality Measures: Implications for Public Use Eric Schone (presenter), David Jones, and Others
  Presentation: Interaction of Reliability Adjustment with Representative P4P Scoring Approaches Eric Schone (co-author) and others
  Presentation: Do Low SES and High Minority Populations Have Lower Geographic Access to High Quality Inpatient Care? David Jones (presenter), Jessica Ross, and Lei Rao
  Session: Contributions of Non-Physicians to Ambulatory Care  
  Presentation: Early Evidence on the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Building on a Promising Start Aparajita Zutshi (presenter), Deborah Peikes, and Others
  Session: Care Coordination Interventions for Complex Patients  
  Presentation: Early Interventions to Prevent Disability and Chronic Illness: Impacts from the National DMIE Evaluation Denise Whalen and Henry Ireys (co-authors), and Others
6:45-8:15 p.m. Poster Session C  
  Poster: Keeping Watch: Building Effective Organization and Management of State Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care Oversight Debra Lipson (presenter), Jenna Libersky, and Rachel Machta
Tuesday, June 26    
8:00-9:30 a.m. Session: Health Care Markets: Working in Surprising Ways  
  Presentation: Cutting Medicare Hospital Prices Leads to Lower Private Prices Chapin White
  Session: Home and Community-Based Services: Continuity of Care, Cost, and Quality  
  Presentation: After Institutional Care: Use and Costs of Home and Community-Based Services Carol Irvin (presenter), Alex Bohl, and Victoria Peebles
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Session: Medicare Premium Support: Lessons from Medicare Advantage  
  Presentation: Medicare Premium Support: Lessons from Medicare Plans and Plan Competition Marsha Gold