Archived Case Mix Applications

Case Mix Applications for 2019

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Dominic Hodgkin, Professor	Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management	Variation in 30-day readmission risk between high and low-quality inpatient psychiatric facilities	November 4 2019	Approved
Zeshan Rajput, Medical Director	South Shore Health System	Identifying Trends and Changes in the Massachusetts Health Care Market	June 17, 2019	Approved
Sue Manning, Vice President of Strategy	Catholic Medical Center	Catholic Medical Center: Study of Outmigration For Strategic Planning	April 4, 2019	Approved
Erika Scott, PhD, Deputy Director, Research Scientist	Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety	Improving Methods for Traumatic Injury Surveillance	August 30, 2018	Approved
Todd Erceg, Director of Sponsored Programs	Boston Medical Center	National Estimates of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Healthcare Utilization, Outcomes and Quality among Hispanics	August 30, 2018	Approved

Case Mix Applications for 2018

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Erika Scott, PhD, Deputy Director, Research Scientist	Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety	Improving Methods for Traumatic Injury Surveillance	August 30, 2018	Approved
Todd Erceg, Director of Sponsored Programs	Boston Medical Center	National Estimates of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Healthcare Utilization, Outcomes and Quality among Hispanics	August 30, 2018	Approved
Frank Saidara, Vice President, Corporate Development	Prospect Medical Holdings	Prospect Medical Service Area Study	May 26, 2018	Approved
Simon Christopher Body, M.D.	Brigham and Women’s Hospital	Long-term follow-up of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery	April 20, 2018	Approved
Mary Brolin, PhD, Scientist	Brandeis University	Evaluation of the Lahey Lowell Joint CHART Initiative	January 2, 2018	Approved

Case Mix Applications for 2017

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Kathleen Rush, Senior Strategic Planner	Trinity Health Of New England	Market Data Analysis	December 11, 2017	Approved
Nancy Douglass, Manager, Decision Support	Emerson Hospital	Market Research and Analysis	December 11, 2017	Approved
Annie Wong, Director, UCDavis Health Contracts	Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California Davis Health	Prescription drug monitoring programs and opioid- related harm	Sept.4 , 2017	Approved
Brook Dupee, Bureau Chief, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services	New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services	Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) Data Exchange	August 28, 2017	Approved
Sharon-Lise Normand, PhD, Director, Massachusetts Data Analysis Center (Mass-DAC)	Massachusetts Data Analysis Center (Mass-DAC)	Comparing the cost-effectiveness of PCI, standard medical therapy, and CABG using a population of patients with Chronic Kidney Disease	August 4, 2017	Approved
Lauren Cadish, MD, Urogynecologist	Providence Health System	Recent Ob/Gyn residency graduates experience with hysterectomy	August 4, 2017	Approved
Jonathan C. Simmonds, MD, Physician, Department of Otolaryngology Head & NeckSurgery	Tufts Medical Center	On the Etiology of Pierre Robin Sequence: Is there an association with Maternal Substance Abuse ?	July 5, 2017	Approved
Margaret Oot-Hayes PhD RN, Professor of Nursing	Regis College	Pharmacy access related to 30 day readmission rates within the Commonwealth in the older adult	June 2, 2017	Approved
Carolyn Salsgiver, Vice President	Yale New Haven Health	Outmigation Discharges	June 2, 2017	Approved
Rebecca Abramson, VP for Strategic Planning and Budget	Boston Children's Hospital	Market Data Analysis	May 1, 2017	Approved
John Dawson, Director of Network Performance Incentive Reporting	Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA	AHRQ Measure Calculation	May 1, 2017	Approved
John Harrison, Senior VP of Client Experience	WebMD Health Services Groups	WebMD Inpatient Hospital Data	May 1, 2017	Approved
Darrell J. Gaskin, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health	Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health	Measuring impact of the Medicare Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) on the volume services hospitals provide to low-income and minority communities	March 13, 2017	Approved

Case Mix Applications for 2016

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Patricia M. Noga, PhD, RN, Vice President, Clinical Affairs	Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association	The Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Hospital Readmission Reduction Program Assessments for Massachusetts Hospitals	December 22, 2016	Approved
Holly Walton, Director of Strategic Development and Analytics	Care New England	Care New England Market Analysis	December 22, 2016	Approved
Sarah Nguyen, Senior Public Policy and Research Project Manager	Steward Health Care System LLC	Understanding Trends and Changes in the Massachusetts Health Care Market	November 9, 2016	Approved
Sheryl Paquin, Financial Analyst	Southern New Hampshire Health System	Market Share Analysis	November 9, 2016	Approved
Jason H. Wasfy, Assistant Medical Director, MGPO; Director of Quality and Analytics, MGH Heart Ctr.	Massachusetts General Hospital	Post-PCI Readmission Management	September 16, 2016	Approved
Sue Moss, Vice President of Business Planning and Market Development	Partners HealthCare	The association between diabetic retinopathy and other ocular or systemic conditions	September 16, 2016	Approved
Sherman Zemler Wu, Senior Director Clinical Program Planning and Strategy	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Analysis of MA Market	September 16, 2016	Approved
Christopher Louis, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor	Boston University School of Public Health	Evaluation Services to Support the Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization and Transformation (CHART) Investment Program	September 16, 2016	Approved
Katherine Blumhardt, Content Coordinator	Truven Health Analytics	Truven and MA Healthcare Analytics	September 6, 2016	Approved
Denny Brennan, Executive Director	Massachusetts Health Data Consortium	Spotlight Analytics	September 6, 2016	Approved
Michael K. Dexter, Chief, Center for Health Systems Policy and Regulation	Rhode Island Department. of Health	Certificate of Need Review: Rhode Island Hospital BMT	September 6, 2016	Approved
Scott Mullins, VP Product Develpment	DataBay	MA Case Mix FY14/15 for DataBay	September 6, 2016	Approved
Robert W. Yeh, Director the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Long-Term Resource Utilization, Readmissions, and Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	August 21, 2016	Approved
Jason S. McClarran, Data Analyst	Baystate Health	Strategic Planning and Business Development Analytics with CHIA De-Identified Inpatient, Outpatient ED, and Observation Data	August 21, 2016	Approved
Russ Gross, Senior Director Strategic Planning and Analysis	Lifespan	Lifespan Market Data Update	August 21, 2016	Approved
David Bierschied	UMass Memorial Healthcare Inc.	FY15 Market Data	August 21, 2016	Approved
Chrysalyne Schmults, Associate Professor of Dermatology	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Upcoding Skin Cancer Expenditure and Equity Analysis	July 6, 2016	Approved
Kathleen Goodwin, Director, Decision Support Services	HCA – Capital Division	Market need and quality comparison across the market for two providers: Portsmouth Regional Hospital and Parkland Medical Center	July 6,2016	Approved
Tina Jackson, Planning Analyst	Maine Medical Center/MaineHealth	Market analysis, utilization studies, etc.	June 8, 2016	Approved
Melissa Woythaler, DO, MS	Massachusetts General Hospital	Perinatal Morbidity in Late Preterm and Early Term Infants is Associated with Increased Early Intervention Usage in Massachusetts	April 26, 2016	Approved
George Ogin, Senior Director of Revenue Analysis and Regualtory Reporting	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Readmissions, Coding Quality, Market and Other Patterns of Care Analysis	April 26, 2016	Approved
Kevin Bennet, Vice President, Financial Planning	Lahey Health System, Inc.	Understanding Trends in the Massachusetts Healthcare Market	April 26, 2016	Approved
David Bierscheid, Director, Strategic Financial Planning	UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.	Outpatient Observation / ED Historical Data	April 26, 2016	Approved
Marcy Carty, MD, Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	AHRQ Measure Calculation	April 26, 2016	Approved
David Goodman, MD MS, Professor of Pediatrics and of Health Policy	Dartmouth Institute	The Epidemiology and Efficiency of Neonatal Intensive Care	April 1, 2016	Approved
David Waters, CEO	Community Servings, Inc.	Community Needs Assessment to Support Meal Delivery Services for Homebound Individuals with Acute Life-threatening Illness in MA	April 1, 2016	Approved
Michael McManus, MD, MPH, Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine and Perioperative Anesthesia	Boston Children's Hospital	The long-term impact of pediatric conditions in Massachusetts	March 2, 2016	Approved
Tara Schmidt, Health Data Analyst	Milliman, Inc.	State Discharge Data – 2012-2014	March 2, 2016	Approved
James Strunk, VP of Product Development	iVantage Health Analytics	INVISION Data Support: Inpatient and ED 2014 Data for Hospital Market Share and Out-Migration	February 22, 2016	Approved
David P. Smith, Senior Director, Health Data Analysis and Research	Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA)	Potentially Preventable Readmission Trends in Massachusetts Acute Care Hospitals: Year 3	February 22, 2016	Approved
Jon Chilingerian, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Services Management	Brandeis University	Being Better Than Average: Benchmarking Efficiency-Quality to Achieve Clinical Excellence in Massachusetts Hospitals	February 22, 2016	Approved
Carolyn Salsgiver, Vice President	Yale New Haven Health	Outmigration Discharges	Feb. 5, 2016	Approved

Case Mix Applications for 2015

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Russell Gross, Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Analysis	Lifespan	MA Casemix Data Application FY2014	Dec. 15, 2015	Approved
Karen Schneider, PhD, Senior Research Scientist	John Snow, Inc.	Lahey Health System Community Needs Assessment and Engagement Project Inpatient Discharge & Outpatient Observation	Dec. 15, 2015	Approved
Katherine Blumhardt, Content Coordinator	Truven Health Analytics	MA FY2013/2014 Application Request - Inpatient Discharge	Dec. 15, 2015	Approved
David Bierscheid, Director Strategic Financial Planning	UMass Memorial	FY14 Market Data	Nov. 16 2015	Approved
Angela Sherwin, VP of Public Policy and Strategic Analysis	Steward Health Care	Understanding Trends and Changes in the Massachusetts Health Care Market	Nov. 16 2015	Approved
Sue Moss, VP of Planning and Market Development	Partners Healthcare	Market Data Warehouse - Data Update	Oct. 19, 2015	Approved
William Rafelson, House Staff Officer in Medicine	Rhode Island Hospital	Hospital Consolidation in Massachusetts (1989 - 2014)	Oct. 19, 2015	Approved
Stephanie de Abreu, Director of Strategic Development and Analytics	Care New England	Market Power and Rate Setting for Hospitals and Insurance Companies in MA	Sept. 22, 2015	Approved
Denny Brennan, Executive Director	Massachusetts Health Data Consortium	Casemix Data for Spotlight Analytics - 2014	Sept. 22, 2015	Approved
Amanda Cook, Researcher	Purdue University	Market Power and Rate Setting for Hospitals and Insurance Companies in MA	Sept. 22, 2015	Approved
Benjamin E. A. Rogers, Lead Data Analyst	Baystate Health	Strategic Planning and Business Development Analytics with CHIA De-identified Inpatient and Outpatient ED & Observation Data	Aug. 30, 2015	Approved
Holli Boetcher, Data Custodian	Optum	Hospital Benchmarking & Analysis	Aug. 30, 2015	Approved
Angela Sherwin, Vice Preseident of Public Policy	Steward Health Care	Understanding Trends and Changes in the Massachusetts Health Care Market	June 23, 2015	Approved
Lisa Whittemore, Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement	Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA	AHRQ Measure Calculation	May 22, 2015	Approved
James Strunk, VP Product Development, Data & Innovation	Vantage Health Analytics	Vantage Points / INVISION	May 22, 2015	Approved
David Bierschied, Director of Strategic Financial Planning	UMass Memorial Health Care	FY13 Market Share Analysis	Apr. 27,2015	Approved
Don Dornblaser, VP Technology	WebMD Health Services Group, Inc.	WebMD / MA Hospital Data	Apr. 27,2015	Approved
John C. Powers, Chief Administrative Information Officer	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Readmissions, Coding Quality, Market and Other Patterns of Care Analyses	Jan. 30, 2015	Approved
Susan C. Moss, Director, Business Planning and Market Development	Partners Health Care System	Market Data Warehouse – Data Update	Jan. 26, 2015	Approved
James Strunk, VP Product Development, Data and Innovation	Vantage Health Analytics	Inpatient and ED Data for 2013	Jan. 20, 2015	Approved

Case Mix Applications for 2014

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Russell Gross	LifeSpan	Market Data Update	Dec. 8, 2014	Approved
Meredith Rosenthal, PhD, Professor of Health Economics and Policy	Harvard School of Public Health	Will the Academic Innovations Collaborative Increase the Value of Primary Care and Improve Providers' and Trainees' Experiences?	May 12, 2014	Approved
Lisa M. Lines, MPH and PhD Candidate and Arlene Ash, PhD	University of Massachusetts Medical School	Outpatient Emergency Department Utilization: Prevalence, Predictive Models, and Performance Measures	May 12, 2014	Approved
Elmer Freeman, MSW and Nancy Carpenter, MPH	Center for Community Health Education Research and Service	School-Based Health Centers Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Use	May 12, 2014	Approved
Lisa Whittemore, Vice President Performance Measurement and Improvement	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (BCBSMA)	AHRQ Measure (Amendment)	April 14, 2014	Approved
Eric Roberts, Ph.D Candidate	Johns Hopkins University	Do Commercial MCO's Influence Physicians' Incentives to Accept Medicaid Patients?	Feb. 18, 2014	Approved

Case Mix Applications for 2013

Applicant	Organization	Project Title	Close Date	Status
Jon Chilingerian, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Services Management	The Heller School, Brandeis University	Being Better Than Average: Benchmarking Efficiency-Quality to Achieve Clinical Excellence in Massachusetts Hospitals	Dec. 9, 2013	Approved
Mike Cirillo, Quality Assurance Engineer	Comparion Medical Analytics, Inc.	This data will be used to support Comparion Medical Analytics's Healthcare Operations in creating products and tools that measure utilization and quality.	Dec. 9, 2013	Approved
April Rowe, Data Analyst	Yale New Haven Hospital	Outmigration Discharges	Nov. 12, 2013	Approved
Snehal N. Shah, MD, MPH, Director, Research and Evaluation Office	Boston Public Health Commission	Continuing Use of Case Mix Data	Nov. 12, 2013	Approved
David P. Smith, MHSA, Senior Director, Health Data Analysis Research	Massachusetts Hospital Association	Tracking Aggregate Potentially Preventable Readmission Trends in Massachusetts Acute Care Hospitals	Nov. 12, 2013	Approved
Amy Travers, Manager of Provider Financial Planning	Boston Medical Center Healthnet Plan	Review of Hospital Utilization for BCMHP Casemix versus Other Medicaid	Nov. 12, 2013	Approved
Michael Monuteux, Senior Epidemiologist	Boston Children's Hospital	Variation and Trending in Charges for Pediatric Care in Massachusetts	Nov. 12, 2013	Approved
Rich Linehan, Director of Planning	Maine Health	Maine Health Planning	Oct. 15, 2013	Approved
Melissa Keating, Manager, Medical Economics – Contract Finance	Neighborhood Health Plan	Hospital Re-Contracting Initiative	Oct. 15, 2013	Approved
Roger Feinstein, Director of Marketing and Market Research	Partners HealthCare System	Market Data Warehouse - Data Update	Sept. 17, 2013	Approved
Amresh Hanchate, Assistant Professor	Boston University School of Medicine	National Estimates for Inpatient Care, Outcomes and Hospital Effect Among Hispanics	Sept. 17, 2013	Approved

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