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Are Patient Experience and Outcomes for Home Health Agencies Related? by Schwartz, Margot L., Mroz, Tracy M., Thomas, Kali S.

“…To facilitate home health agency (HHA) selection, CMS released patient experience star ratings on the Home Health Compare website in January 2016. Our…”
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Consumer selection and home health agency quality and patient experience stars by Schwartz, Margot L., Rahman, Momotazur, Thomas, Kali S., Konetzka, R. Tamara, Mor, Vincent

“…Objective To compare the impact of the introduction of two distinct sets of star ratings, quality of care, and patient experience, on home health agency (HHA)…”
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Early Effects of Home Health Value-Based Purchasing on Quality Star Ratings by Teshale, Salom M., Schwartz, Margot L., Thomas, Kali S., Mroz, Tracy M.

“…The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP) is a new Medicare model wherein home health agencies compete to achieve higher reimbursements by…”
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End-of-Life Culture Change Practices in U.S. Nursing Homes in 2016/2017 by Schwartz, Margot L., Lima, Julie C., Clark, Melissa A., Miller, Susan C.

“…The nursing home (NH) culture change (CC) movement, which emphasizes person-centered care, is particularly relevant to meeting the unique needs of residents…”
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Variation in post-adenotonsillectomy admission practices in 24 pediatric hospitals by Goyal, Samita S., Shah, Rahul, Roberson, David W., Schwartz, Margot L.

“…Objectives/Hypothesis There is controversy about which children should be admitted after adenotonsillectomy (T&A) and limited clinical evidence to help with…”
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The Benefits of Culture Change in Nursing Homes—Obtaining Nationally Representative Evidence by Lima, Julie C., Gozalo, Pedro, Clark, Melissa A., Schwartz, Margot L., Miller, Susan C.

“…Despite face validity and regulatory support, empirical evidence of the benefit of culture change practices in nursing homes (NHs) has been inconclusive. We…”
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The Prevalence of Culture Change Practice in US Nursing Homes: Findings From a 2016/2017 Nationwide Survey by Miller, Susan C, Schwartz, Margot L, Lima, Julie C, Shield, Renée R, Tyler, Denise A, Berridge, Clara W, Gozalo, Pedro L, Lepore, Michael J, Clark, Melissa A

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Given the dynamic nursing home (NH) industry and evolving regulatory environment, depiction of contemporary NH culture-change…”
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Home Health Use Following a Cancer Diagnosis Among Patients Enrolled in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare: Findings From the Newly Linked SEER-Medicare and Home Health OASIS Data by Thomas, Kali S, Schwartz, Margot L, Boyd, Eric, White, Dolly P, Mariotto, Angela B, Barrett, Michael J, Warren, Joan L

“…Abstract Background This article describes characteristics of patients receiving home health following an initial cancer diagnosis, comparing those enrolled in…”
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Quality of Home Health Agencies Serving Traditional Medicare vs Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries by Schwartz, Margot L, Kosar, Cyrus M, Mroz, Tracy M, Kumar, Amit, Rahman, Momotazur

“…Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment is increasing, with one-third of Medicare beneficiaries currently selecting MA. Despite this growth, it is difficult to…”
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The Changing Adoption of Culture Change Practices in U.S. Nursing Homes by Lima, Julie C, Schwartz, Margot L, Clark, Melissa A, Miller, Susan C

“…Abstract Background and Objectives The study aimed to: (i) describe whether culture change (CC) practice implementation related to physical environment,…”
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The Prevalence of Culture Change Practice in US Nursing Homes: Findings from a 2016/17 Nationwide Survey by Miller, Susan C., Schwartz, Margot L., Lima, Julie C., Shield, Renée R., Tyler, Denise A., Berridge, Clara W., Gozalo, Pedro L., Lepore, Michael J., Clark, Melissa A.

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A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSING HOME CULTURE CHANGE AND RESIDENT OUTCOMES by Schwartz, Margot L, Lima, Julie C, Gozalo, Pedro L, Clark, Melissa A, Miller, Susan C

“…Abstract Literature is mixed regarding the relationship between Nursing Home (NH) culture change and resident outcomes, and the majority of studies are limited…”
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THE RELEASE OF TECHNICAL QUALITY AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE STAR-RATINGS FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND AGENCY SELECTION by Schwartz, Margot L, Rahman, Momotazur, Thomas, Kali S, Konetzka, R Tamara, Mor, Vincent

“…Abstract To facilitate informed Home Health Agency (HHA) selection for the 3.5 million annual Medicare home health (HH) users, CMS introduced technical quality…”
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