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Variation in COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Across New York City Boroughs by Wadhera, Rishi K, Wadhera, Priya, Gaba, Prakriti, Figueroa, Jose F, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Yeh, Robert W, Shen, Changyu

“…This study describes demographic characteristics and hospital bed capacities of the 5 New York City boroughs, and evaluates whether differences in testing for…”
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Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia by Wadhera, Rishi K, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Wasfy, Jason H, Haneuse, Sebastien, Shen, Changyu, Yeh, Robert W

“…IMPORTANCE: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been associated with a reduction in readmission rates for heart failure (HF), acute…”
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Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence, Treatment, and Control in US Adults Aged 20 to 44 Years, 2009 to March 2020 by Aggarwal, Rahul, Yeh, Robert W, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Wadhera, Rishi K

“…IMPORTANCE: Declines in cardiovascular mortality have stagnated in the US over the past decade, in part related to worsening risk factor control in older…”
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Lack Of Access To Specialists Associated With Mortality And Preventable Hospitalizations Of Rural Medicare Beneficiaries by Johnston, Kenton J, Wen, Hefei, Joynt Maddox, Karen E

“…People living in rural areas have worse health outcomes than their urban counterparts do. Understanding what factors account for this could inform policy…”
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The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program — Time for a Reboot by Wadhera, Rishi K, Yeh, Robert W, Joynt Maddox, Karen E

“…Some policymakers have pushed for the HRRP to be expanded to cover all conditions treated in inpatient settings. Others, including many clinicians and…”
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Two-Year Evaluation of Mandatory Bundled Payments for Joint Replacement by Barnett, Michael L, Wilcock, Andrew, McWilliams, J. Michael, Epstein, Arnold M, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Orav, E. John, Grabowski, David C, Mehrotra, Ateev

“…In 2016, Medicare started mandatory bundled payment for joint-replacement surgery in randomly selected areas. Hospitals receive bonuses or pay penalties based…”
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Call to Action: Rural Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association by Harrington, Robert A., Califf, Robert M., Balamurugan, Appathurai, Brown, Nancy, Benjamin, Regina M., Braund, Wendy E., Hipp, Janie, Konig, Madeleine, Sanchez, Eduardo, Joynt Maddox, Karen E.

“…Understanding and addressing the unique health needs of people residing in rural America is critical to the American Heart Association’s pursuit of a world…”
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Concentration of Potentially Preventable Spending Among High-Cost Medicare Subpopulations: An Observational Study by Figueroa, Jose F, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Beaulieu, Nancy, Wild, Robert C, Jha, Ashish K

“…Little is known about whether potentially preventable spending is concentrated among a subset of high-cost Medicare beneficiaries. To determine the proportion…”
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Utilization of Social Determinants of Health ICD-10 Z-Codes Among Hospitalized Patients in the United States, 2016–2017 by Truong, Hannah P., Luke, Alina A., Hammond, Gmerice, Wadhera, Rishi K., Reidhead, Mat, Joynt Maddox, Karen E.

“…BACKGROUND:The inclusion of Z-codes for social determinants of health (SDOH) in the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) may…”
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Rural-Urban Disparities in Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Stroke in the United States by Loccoh, Eméfah C, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Wang, Yun, Kazi, Dhruv S, Yeh, Robert W, Wadhera, Rishi K

“…U.S. policy efforts have focused on reducing rural-urban health inequities. However, it is unclear whether gaps in care and outcomes remain among older adults…”
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Association Between the Proportion of Black Patients Cared for at Hospitals and Financial Penalties Under Value-Based Payment Programs by Aggarwal, Rahul, Hammond, J. Gmerice, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Yeh, Robert W, Wadhera, Rishi K

“…A study is presented which evaluates whether US hospitals with mostly Black patients are more likely than other hospitals to have penalties associated with…”
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Health Equity Adjustment and Hospital Performance in the Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program by Liu, Michael, Sandhu, Sahil, Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Wadhera, Rishi K

“…IMPORTANCE: Medicare’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program will provide a health equity adjustment (HEA) to hospitals that have greater proportions…”
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Trends, Causes, and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Homeless Individuals: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Wadhera, Rishi K, Choi, Eunhee, Shen, Changyu, Yeh, Robert W, Joynt Maddox, Karen E

“…OBJECTIVES:In the United States, an estimated 553,000 people are homeless on any given night. Few data provide large-scale, contemporary insight with regard to…”
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Relationship of a Claims-Based Frailty Index to Annualized Medicare Costs: A Cohort Study by Johnston, Kenton J, Wen, Hefei, Joynt Maddox, Karen E

“…Medicare uses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Category (CMS-HCC) model to predict patients' annualized Medicare costs in…”
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The Role Of Social, Cognitive, And Functional Risk Factors In Medicare Spending For Dual And Nondual Enrollees by Johnston, Kenton J., Joynt Maddox, Karen E.

“…The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasingly focused on value-based payment programs, which tie payment to performance on quality and cost…”
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Medicare’s Bundled Payment Models—Progress and Pitfalls by Joynt Maddox, Karen E, Shashikumar, Sukruth A, Ryan, Andrew M

“…Maddox et al consider how the bundled payment programs from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require close examination of benchmarks,…”
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Reducing Nontraumatic Lower-Extremity Amputations by 20% by 2030: Time to Get to Our Feet: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association by Creager, Mark A., Matsushita, Kunihiro, Arya, Shipra, Beckman, Joshua A., Duval, Sue, Goodney, Philip P., Gutierrez, J. Antonio T., Kaufman, John A., Joynt Maddox, Karen E., Pollak, Amy W., Pradhan, Aruna D., Whitsel, Laurie P.

“…Nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation is a devastating complication of peripheral artery disease (PAD) with a high mortality and medical expenditure. There…”
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Changes in Health and Quality of Life in US Skilled Nursing Facilities by COVID-19 Exposure Status in 2020 by Barnett, Michael L, Waken, R. J, Zheng, Jie, Orav, E. John, Epstein, Arnold M, Grabowski, David C, Joynt Maddox, Karen E

“…IMPORTANCE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US federal government required that skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) close to visitors and eliminate communal…”
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Risk Selection and Care Fragmentation at Medicare Accountable Care Organizations for Patients With Dementia by Johnston, Kenton J., Loux, Travis, Joynt Maddox, Karen E.

“…Patients with dementia are a growing and vulnerable population within Medicare. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are becoming Medicare's dominant care…”
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How the Biden Administration Can Improve Health Equity for Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations by Joynt Maddox, Karen E, James, Cara V

“…Health in the US is inequitable. Racial and ethnic minority populations, most notably those who identify as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and…”
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