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2026

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Jack Cordes, Cici Bauer, Dana Bernson, Marc R. Larochelle, Wenjun Li, Jiahao Cao, Olaf Dammann, Thomas J. Stopka, Tufts School of Medicine, University of Texas School of Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, UMass Lowell, Boston University Medical School The All‐Payer Claims Database After the Gobeille Supreme Court Decision: Assessing the Impact on Fatal Opioid‐Related Overdose Research Health Services
Research		 Cordes J, Bauer C, Bernson D, Larochelle MR, Li W, Cao J, Dammann O, Stopka TJ. The All‐Payer Claims Database After the Gobeille Supreme Court Decision: Assessing the Impact on Fatal Opioid‐Related Overdose Research. Health Services Research. 2026 Apr;61(2):e70097. DPH-related project
Lawrence D. Reid,
H. Joanna Jiang, AHRQ		 Hospital Readmissions for Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, 2016- 2022 HCUP Statistical Brief #318 Reid LD, Jiang HJ. Hospital Readmissions for Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, 2016-2022. HCUP Statistical Brief #318. February 4, 2026. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Rhona Limcangco,
David P. Calfee,
Melissa A. Miller, AHRQ		 Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Prevalence and Hospital and Patient Characteristics, 2019-2023 HCUP Statistical Brief #319 Limcangco R, Pharm M, Calfee DP, Miller MA. Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Prevalence and Hospital and Patient Characteristics, 2019-2023. HCUP Statistical Brief #319. February 25, 2026. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Shenam Ticku et al,
Harvard School of Dental Medicine		 Impact of Place on Dental Use by Medicaid-Enrolled Adults in Massachusetts JDR Clinical & Translational Research Ticku S, Alpert E, Mo E, Barrow J, Wu H. Impact of Place on Dental Use by Medicaid-Enrolled Adults in Massachusetts. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2026 Mar 15:23800844261425639. doi: 10.1177/23800844261425639. Oral health utilization in the state of Massachusetts
Anne Marie Raymakers, Tari A King , Elizabeth A Mittendorf , Tanujit Dey , Mahima Jain, Electra D Paskett, Ann S McAlearney , Rachel A Greenup , Justin M Broyles et al., Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Yale University School of Medicine Impact of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema on Cancer Care Costs: Longitudinal and Age-Based Analyses Annals of Surgical Oncology Raymakers AM, King TA, Mittendorf EA, Dey T, Jain M, Paskett ED, McAlearney AS, Greenup RA, Broyles JM, Myers SP. Impact of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema on Cancer Care Costs: Longitudinal and Age-Based Analyses. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Apr;33(4):3311-3318. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18875-5. Evaluating temporal trends in breast reconstruction and effects of reimbursement on breast reconstruction and associated procedures
Kari R Gillmeyer, Seppo T Rinne, Elizabeth S Klings, A Rani Elwy , Renda Soylemez Wiener,
VA Boston Healthcare System,
Boston University School of Medicine		 Provider networks for pulmonary hypertension in Massachusetts: implications for improving referrals to expert care. Annals of the
American
Thoracic Society		 Gillmeyer KR, Rinne ST, Klings ES, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Provider networks for pulmonary hypertension in Massachusetts: implications for improving referrals to expert care. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Mar 1;23(3):369-378. doi: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoaf039. PMID: 41842741; PMCID: PMC13048509. Characterizing Care Coordination in Pulmonary Hypertension

 

 

2025

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Charlotte Burlingame, Sara Sadownik, Laura Nasuti, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Anyone Home?
The Landscape of
Hospital at Home
in Massachusetts		 Academy Health
Annual Research Meeting		 Burlingame C, Sadownik S, Nasuti L. Anyone Home? the Landscape of Hospital at Home in Massachusetts. In 2025 Annual Research Meeting 2025 Jun 8. AcademyHealth. HPC-related project
Ian Leavitt, Josh Wenderoff, Margaret Arnesen,
Pew		 Massachusetts Harnesses Data From Multiple Agencies to Improve Public Health Pew Brief Leavitt I, Wenderoff J, Arnesen M: Massachusetts Harnesses Data From Multiple Agencies to Improve Public Health. Pew Brief. September 2025. DPH-related project
Annie Yu-An Chen, Gregory E Simon, Keith M Ericson, John E Zeber, Jing Qian , Kimberley H Geissler, UMass Chan Medical School, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, NBER, Boston University, UMass Amherst Guideline-Concordant Care and Clinician and Clinic Characteristics for Patients With Schizophrenia JAMA
Network Open		 Chen AY, Simon GE, Ericson KM, Zeber JE, Qian J, Geissler KH. Guideline-Concordant Care and Clinician and Clinic Characteristics for Patients With Schizophrenia. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 1;8(12):e2549130. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.49130. PMID: 41632161; PMCID: PMC12743273. Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care
on Outcomes
Megan B Cole, Kenneth Lim, Kevin H Nguyen , Sarah H Gordon, Lois McCloskey , Collette Ncube , Elizabeth Patton, Amy Michals, Emily Sisson, Karen E Lasser, Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston Medical Center Medicaid Accountable Care Model Designs and Maternal Health Measures JAMA
Network Open		 Cole MB, Lim K, Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, McCloskey L, Ncube C, Patton E, Michals A, Sisson E, Lasser KE. Medicaid Accountable Care Model Designs and Maternal Health Measures. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 1;8(10):e2536565. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.36565. PMID: 41060648; PMCID: PMC12509007. Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Pediatric Medical Home for Low-Income Children
Kevin H Nguyen, Sarah H Gordon, Kenneth Lim, Kathryn D Thompson, Collette N Ncube, Megan B Cole, Boston University School of
Public Health		 Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Perinatal Claims Documentation of Social Risk Factors JAMA
Network Open		 Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, Lim K, Thompson KD, Ncube CN, Cole MB. Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Perinatal Claims Documentation of Social Risk Factors. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e255999. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5999. PMID: 40257795; PMCID: PMC12013353. Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Pediatric Medical Home for Low-Income Children
Ioannis Karakis, Lidia Mvr Moura, Nada Boualam, Martha Wetzel, David Howard, Emory University School of Medicine, University of Crete School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The Health Care Costs of Epilepsy: Evidence from All-Payer Claims Data Epilepsy Research Karakis I, Moura LM, Boualam N, Wetzel M, Howard D. The health care costs of epilepsy: Evidence from all-payer claims data. Epilepsy Res. 2025 Dec;218:107661. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2025.107661. Epub 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40957255. Quantifying the burden of epilepsy using novel data sources
Chanup Jeung, Laura B Attanasio , Kimberley H Geissler, State University of New York at Albany, UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School. Impact of Medicaid Coverage of Tele-Mental Health Services on Postpartum Mental Health Services: Evidence from Massachusetts Journal of
Women's Health		 Jeung C, Attanasio LB, Geissler KH. Impact of Medicaid Coverage of Tele-Mental Health Services on Postpartum Mental Health Services: Evidence from Massachusetts. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Sep;34(9):1075-1083. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2024.1152. Epub 2025 Jun 4. PMID: 40462679; PMCID: PMC12570869. Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care
on Outcomes
Nancy L Keating, Joel S Weissman, Alexi A Wright, Robert Wolf, Susan Gershman, Richard Knowlton, John Ayanian, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School Outpatient palliative care and end-of-life care intensity: Linking Massachusetts cancer registry with All-Payer claims JNCI
Cancer Spectrum		 Nancy L Keating, Joel S Weissman, Alexi A Wright, Robert Wolf, Susan Gershman, Richard Knowlton, John Z Ayanian, Outpatient palliative care and end-of-life care intensity: Linking Massachusetts cancer registry with All-Payer claims, JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 2025;, pkaf010, https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkaf010 DPH-related project
Brittany Ranchoff,
Kimberley Geissler, et al,
Baystate Health,
Harvard Medical School		 Association of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and postpartum mental health care utilization Health Service
Research		 Ranchoff BL, Geissler KH, Attanasio LB, Jeung C. Association of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and postpartum mental health care utilization. Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 7:e14421. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14421. Epub ahead of print. Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care
on Outcomes
Anne Valentine, Ilhom Akobirshoev, Jiangying Zhang, Tiffany Moore Simas, Monika Mitra,
Brandeis University,
University of Massachusetts
Chan Medical School		 Perinatal mental health and risk of severe maternal morbidity in women with physical disabilities, Massachusetts 2003-2015 Disability
Health Journal		 Valentine A, Akobirshoev I, Zhang J, Moore Simas TA, Mitra M. Perinatal mental health and risk of severe maternal morbidity in women with physical disabilities, Massachusetts 2003-2015. Disabil Health J. 2025 Jan 1:101772. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101772. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39794218. DPH-related project
Ronit Ridberg, Julia Reedy Sharib, Dariush Mozaffarian,
Tufts University		 Produce prescription benefits redemption and activity in an observational study of 2680 Massachusetts Medicaid members. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Ridberg, R.A., Sharib, J.R. and Mozaffarian, D., 2025. Produce prescription benefits redemption and activity in an observational study of 2680 Massachusetts Medicaid members. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 121(2), pp.427-435. MassHealth-related project
Gary Young, Tianjie Zhu, Mahmudul Hasan, Farbod Alinezhad, Leonard Young, Noor-E-Alam, Northeastern University, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, University of Florida Patient outcomes following buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: A retrospective analysis of the influence of patient‐and prescriber‐level characteristics in Massachusetts, USA Addiction Young GJ, Zhu T, Hasan MM, Alinezhad F, Young LD, Noor‐E‐Alam M. Patient outcomes following buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: A retrospective analysis of the influence of patient‐and prescriber‐level characteristics in Massachusetts, USA. Addiction. 2025 Jan;120(1):152-63. DPH-related project
Mark Shepherd, Myles Wagner,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University		 Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets? Evidence from Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment American Economic Review Shepard M, Wagner M. Do ordeals work for selection markets? Evidence from health insurance auto-enrollment. American Economic Review. 2025 Mar 1;115(3):772-822. Comparing Health Insurance Types and Understanding Churn: Evidence from Longitudinal Analysis and Natural Experiments
Xiao Zang, Alexandra Skinner, Zongbo Li, Leah Shaw, Czarina NBehrends, Avik Chatterjee, Ali Jalali, Ashly Jordan, Jake Morgan, Shayla Nolen, Bruce Schackman,
Brandon Marshall, Alexander Walley, Brown University, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Boston University		 Improving racial/ethnic health equity and naloxone access among people at risk for opioid overdose: A simulation modeling analysis of community‐based naloxone distribution strategies in Massachusetts, United States. Addiction Zang X, Skinner A, Li Z, Shaw LC, Behrends CN, Chatterjee A, Jalali A, Jordan AE, Morgan JR, Nolen S, Schackman BR. Improving racial/ethnic health equity and naloxone access among people at risk for opioid overdose: A simulation modeling analysis of community‐based naloxone distribution strategies in Massachusetts, United States. Addiction. 2025 Feb;120(2):316-26. DPH-related project
Wood, Jacob J; Phan, Quynh Anh; Phan, Jaime; Farzan, Jessica ; Joo, Alex; Geraghty, Sara BS; Lalikos, Janice, UMass Chan Medical School, Princeton University, Boston University Treatment of Plagiocephaly With Orthotic Helmets: Prevalence, Costs, and Inequities in Massachusetts Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Wood JJ, Phan QA, Phan J, Farzan JJ, Joo A, Geraghty S, Lalikos JF. Treatment of Plagiocephaly With Orthotic Helmets: Prevalence, Costs, and Inequities in Massachusetts. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2025 Jan 1;36(1):74-7. Cost Analysis of Plagiocephaly Treatment
Lesli Skolarus, Chun Chieh Lin, Ran Bi, James Burke, Northwestern University Quantifying Hospital Opportunities to Increase Ischemic Stroke Thrombolysis Journal of the American Heart Association Skolarus LE, Lin CC, Bi R, Burke JF. Quantifying Hospital Opportunities to Increase Ischemic Stroke Thrombolysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025 Jan 7;14(1):e033543. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Kristin Holland, Adam Rowh, Marissa L. Zwald, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public health surveillance of nonfatal firearm injuries Handbook
of Gun Violence		 Holland KM, Rowh A, Zwald ML. Public health surveillance of nonfatal firearm injuries. In Handbook of Gun Violence 2025 Jan 1 (pp. 465-476). Academic Press. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Kari Gillmeyer, Seppo Rinne, Justin Rucci, Elizabeth Klings,
Rani Elwy, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Boston University, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Dartmouth College		 Factors Associated with
Referral to Expert Providers among Patients with
Pulmonary Hypertension		 Annals of American Thoracic Society Gillmeyer KR, Rinne ST, Rucci JM, Klings ES, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Factors Associated with Referral to Expert Providers among Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Feb 11. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202408-901OC. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39932507. Characterizing Care Coordination in Pulmonary Hypertension

 

2024

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 Data Application
Nicole M Benson, Zhiyou Yang, Vicki Fung , Jordan W Smoller, Dost Öngür, John Hsu, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Case identification and healthcare utilization in the years prior to a first mania diagnosis Journal of Affective Disorders Benson NM, Yang Z, Fung V, Smoller JW, Öngür D, Hsu J. Case identification and healthcare utilization in the years prior to a first mania diagnosis. J Affect Disord. 2024 Nov 15;365:527-533. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.117. Epub 2024 Aug 29. PMID: 39182518; PMCID: PMC11403575. Differences in access to coordinated specialty care in first episode psychosis
JoAnna Leyenaar, Seneca Freyleue, Mary Arakelyan, Andrew Schaefer, Erika Moen, Andrea Austin, David Goodman , A James O'Malley, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College Rural-Urban Disparities in Hospital Services and Outcomes for Children With Medical Complexity JAMA Network Open Leyenaar JK, Freyleue SD, Arakelyan M, Schaefer AP, Moen EL, Austin AM, Goodman DC, O'Malley AJ. Rural-Urban Disparities in Hospital Services and Outcomes for Children With Medical Complexity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2435187. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35187. PMID: 39316395; PMCID: PMC11423179. A Population-Based Study Assessing Regional Variation in Newborn Care and Outcomes, Including the Risk of NICU Admission
Megan Cole, Jihye Kim, Sarah Gordon, Karen Lasser, Collette Ncube, Elizabeth Patton, Nigel Deen, Kathleen Carey, Howard Cabral, Anna Goldman, Shannon Ogden, Lois McCloskey, Boston University, Boston Medical Center Massachusetts Medicaid ACO Program May Have Improved Care Use And Quality For Pregnant And Postpartum Enrollees Health Affairs Cole MB, Kim J, Gordon SH, Lasser KE, Ncube C, Patton E, Deen N, Carey K, Cabral H, Goldman AL, Ogden S, McCloskey L. Massachusetts Medicaid ACO Program May Have Improved Care Use And Quality For Pregnant And Postpartum Enrollees. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Sep;43(9):1209-1218. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00230. PMID: 39226509; PMCID: PMC11789420. Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Pediatric Medical Home for Low-Income Children
Tim Wang, Jessica Hao, Cameron Lee, Danielle DeNufrio Valerio, Netrali Dalvi, David Keith, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Trends in Opioid Prescriptions to Opioid-Naïve Patients by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in Massachusetts 2012-2022 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Wang TT, Hao J, Lee CC, Valerio DD, Dalvi N, Keith DA. Trends in Opioid Prescriptions to Opioid-Naïve Patients by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in Massachusetts 2012-2022. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Dec 25:S0278-2391(24)01025-5. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2024.12.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39809425. DPH-related project
Joshua Barocas, Elizabeth Erdman, Matthew Westfall, Paul Christine, Dana Bernson, Jennifer Villani, Nathan Doogan, Laura White, Alexander Walley, Amy Bettano, Jianing Wang, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Prevalence of adults with stimulant misuse and/or stimulant use disorder in Massachusetts, USA, 2014-2021 Addiction Barocas JA, Erdman EA, Westfall MY, Christine PJ, Bernson D, Villani J, Doogan NJ, White L, Walley AY, Bettano A, Wang J. Prevalence of adults with stimulant misuse and/or stimulant use disorder in Massachusetts, USA, 2014-2021. Addiction. 2024 Dec 16. doi: 10.1111/add.16726. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39676746. DPH-related project
Diana Váscones, Summer Rak, Sara Sadownik, Laura Nasuti, David Auerbach,
Massachusetts Health Policy Commission		 Not Throwing Away My Shot: Shifts in Where People Get Flu Vaccines in Massachusetts Academy Health Poster Session Vascones, D., Rak, S., Sadownik, S., Nasuti, L. and Auerbach, D., 2024, June. Not Throwing Away My Shot: Shifts in Where People Get Flu Vaccines in Massachusetts. Annual Research Meeting. AcademyHealth. June 2024. HPC-related project
Joanna Jiang, Lan Liang, Meghana Chandra, Sai Loganathan,
AHRQ		 Rural and Urban Hospital Differences in Inpatient Stays Involving Sepsis, 2019 and 2021.program implementation experience, and specific participant demographic factors AHRQ HCUP
Statistical Brief		 Loganathan S. Rural and Urban Hospital Differences in Inpatient Stays Involving Sepsis, 2019 and 2021.program implementation experience, and specific participant demographic factors. Statistical Brief #308, August 2024 CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Melissa Miller, Kimberly Martin, Molly Hensche, Carrie Goetsch,
AHRQ		 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Inpatient Stays Involving Sepsis, 2016– 2021 AHRQ HCUP
Statistical Brief		 Miller MA, Martin K, Hensche M, Goetsch C. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Inpatient Stays Involving Sepsis, 2016– 2021. HCUP Statistical Brief #309. August 2024. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Ashley Kranz, Yuji Mizushima, Andrew Dick, Kimberley Geissler, Tadeja Gracner, Baystate Medical Center, Rand Corporation, University of Southern California Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Mandate and Receipt of Fluoride Varnish Pediatrics Kranz AM, Mizushima Y, Dick AW, Geissler KH, Gracner T. Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Mandate and Receipt of Fluoride Varnish. Pediatrics. 2024 Nov 1;154(5):e2024066638. Promoting children's oral health: Identifying provider-, practice-, and community-level characteristics associated with delivery of fluoride varnish in medical offices
Katherine M. Ianni, Anna D. Sinaiko, Vilsa E. Curto, Mark Soto, Meredith B. Rosenthal, Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Quality-of-Care Outcomes in Vertical Relationships Between Physicians and Health Systems JAMA
Health Forum		 Ianni KM, Sinaiko AD, Curto VE, Soto M, Rosenthal MB. Quality-of-Care Outcomes in Vertical Relationships Between Physicians and Health Systems. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242173. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2173 The Impact of Massachusetts Cost Control Legislation on Prices and Competition
Simeon D. Kimmel, Alexander Y. Walley, Laura F. White, Shapei Yan, Christine Grella, Adam Majeski, Michael D. Stein, Amy Bettano, Dana Bernson, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Jeffrey H. Samet, Marc R. Larochelle, Boston University, Boston Medical Center, UCLA, Semel Institute, Lighthouse Institute, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Serious Injection-Related Infections in Massachusetts JAMA
Network Open		 Kimmel SD, Walley AY, White LF, Yan S, Grella C, Majeski A, Stein MD, Bettano A, Bernson D, Drainoni ML, Samet JH, Larochelle MR. Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Serious Injection-Related Infections in Massachusetts. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2421740. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.21740. PMID: 39046742; PMCID: PMC11270137. DPH-related project
Catherine Myong, Zhiyou Yang, Caroline Behr, Vicki Fung, Massachusetts General Hospital, Columbia University, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Mental health care use and quality among Medicaid adults with serious mental illness receiving care at Federally Qualified Health Centers vs. other settings BMC Health Services Research Myong C, Yang Z, Behr C, Fung V. Mental health care use and quality among Medicaid adults with serious mental illness receiving care at Federally Qualified Health Centers vs. other settings. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jul 17;24(1):825. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11308-1. PMID: 39020336; PMCID: PMC11256553. Medicaid Payment Policy
and Access to Care for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
Kun Li, Annie Yu-An Chen, Kimberley H. Geissler, Andrew W. Dick, Ashley M. Kranz, Rand Corporation Clinician characteristics associated with fluoride varnish applications during well-child visits The American Journal
of Managed Care		 Li K, Chen AY, Geissler KH, Dick AW, Kranz AM. Clinician characteristics associated with fluoride varnish applications during well-child visits. Am J Manag Care. 2024 Jul 1;30(7):e203-e209. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2024.89582. PMID: 38995824. Promoting children's oral health: Identifying provider-, practice-, and community-level characteristics associated with delivery of fluoride varnish in medical offices
Alan Z. Yang, Colby J. Hyland, Amitai S. Miller, Brigid K. Killelea, Bryce F. Starr, Justin M. Broyles, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital Local practice variations and payer differences underlie state-wide disparities in oncoplastic breast surgery Journal of Surgical Oncology Yang AZ, Hyland CJ, Miller AS, Killelea BK, Starr BF, Broyles JM. Local practice variations and payer differences underlie state-wide disparities in oncoplastic breast surgery. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug;130(2):210-221. doi: 10.1002/jso.27755.
Epub 2024 Jun 28. PMID: 38941173.		 Evaluating temporal trends in breast reconstruction and effects of reimbursement on breast reconstruction and associated procedures
Alan Z. Yang, Colby J. Hyland, Charlotte Thomas, Amitai S. Miller, Andrew J. Malek, Justin M. Broyles, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital Geographic Disparities and Payment Variation for Immediate Lymphatic Reconstruction in Massachusetts Annals of Plastic Surgery Yang AZ, Hyland CJ, Thomas C, Miller AS, Malek AJ, Broyles JM. Geographic Disparities and Payment Variation for Immediate Lymphatic Reconstruction in Massachusetts. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Jul 1;93(1):79-84. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003920. Epub 2024 May 6. PMID: 38885166. Evaluating temporal trends in breast reconstruction and effects of reimbursement on breast reconstruction and associated procedures
Kimberley H. Geissler, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Jerry A. Krishnan, Peter K. Lindenauer, Arlene S. Ash, Sarah L. Goff, UMass Medical School, University of Illinois, UMass Amherst Health Insurance Type and Outpatient Specialist Care Among Children With Asthma JAMA
Network Open		 Geissler KH, Shieh MS, Krishnan JA, Lindenauer PK, Ash AS, Goff SL. Health Insurance Type and Outpatient Specialist Care Among Children With Asthma. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2417319. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.17319. PMID: 38884996; PMCID: PMC11184461. Effects of utilization patterns and coordination of care on outcomes
Meng-Yun Lin, Amresh D. Hanchate, Austin B. Frakt, James F. Burgess Jr, Kathleen Carey, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Association between physician-hospital integration and inpatient care delivery in accountable care organizations: An instrumental variable analysis Health Services Research Lin MY, Hanchate AD, Frakt AB, Burgess JF Jr, Carey K. Association between physician-hospital integration and inpatient care delivery in accountable care organizations: An instrumental variable analysis. Health Serv Res. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14311. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38654539. Does physician leadership play a role in increasing ACO efficiency? Evidence from the alternative quality contract.
Dana Bernson, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, et al. Intersectional inequities and longitudinal prevalence estimates of opioid use disorder in Massachusetts 2014–2020: a multi-sample capture-recapture analysis The Lancet Regional Health–Americas Wang J, Bernson D, Erdman EA, Villani J, Chandler R, Kline D, White LF, Barocas JA. Intersectional inequities and longitudinal prevalence estimates of opioid use disorder in Massachusetts 2014–2020: a multi-sample capture-recapture analysis. The Lancet Regional Health–Americas. 2024 Apr 1;32.
DPH-related project
Kimberley Geissler,
UMass Amherst		 Preventive Primary Care in the Postpartum Year: The Role of Medicaid Delivery System Reform American Journal of Preventive Medicine Geissler KH, Jeung C, Attanasio LB. Preventive Primary Care in the Postpartum Year: The Role of Medicaid Delivery System Reform. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2024 Mar 12.

Bruce Landon, Peter B Smulowitz, et al. Harvard Medical School, UMass
Chan Medical School

 Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department JAMA
Network Open		 Smulowitz, P.B., Burke, R.C., Ostrovsky, D., Novack, V., Isbell, L., Kan, V. and Landon, B.E., 2024. Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department. JAMA network open, 7(2), pp.e2356189-e2356189.
Peter Lindenauer, Rathlev, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Arlene Ash, et al, Baystate Medical Center, UMass Amherst Differences in Health Care Utilization for Asthma by Children with Medicaid versus Private Insurance Population Health Management Goff SL, Shieh MS, Lindenauer PK, Ash AS, Krishnan JA, Geissler KH. Differences in Health Care Utilization for Asthma by Children with Medicaid versus Private Insurance. Population Health Management. 2024 Apr 1;27(2):105-13.
Alan Yang, Justin Broyles, et al, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital The Use of Unlisted Billing Codes for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction and Implications for Code Consolidation Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Yang AZ, Hyland CJ, Carty MJ, Erdmann-Sager J, Pusic AL, Broyles JM. The Use of Unlisted Billing Codes for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction and Implications for Code Consolidation. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2024 Mar 28.
Casey M. Silver, Lauren M. Janczewski, et al, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, University of Chicago Access, Outcomes, and Costs Associated with Surgery for Malignancy Among People Experiencing Homelessness Annals of Surgical Oncology Silver, C.M., Janczewski, L.M., Royan, R., Chung, J.W., Bentrem, D.J., Kanzaria, H.K., Stey, A.M., Bilimoria, K.Y. and Merkow, R.P., 2024. Access, Outcomes, and Costs Associated with Surgery for Malignancy Among People Experiencing Homelessness. Annals of surgical oncology, 3(3), pp 1468-1476.
Mary Arakelyan, Seneca Freyleue, Andrew Schaefer, et al, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth College Rural-urban disparities in health care delivery for children with medical complexity and moderating effects of payer, disability, and community poverty Journal of Rural Health Arakelyan M, Freyleue SD, Schaefer AP, Austin AM, Moen EL, O'Malley AJ, Goodman DC, Leyenaar JK. Rural-urban disparities in health care delivery for children with medical complexity and moderating effects of payer, disability, and community poverty. J Rural Health. 2024 Mar;40(2):326-337. 
Elena Prager, Anna Sinaiko, University of Rochester, Harvard University Tiered network health plans and changes in physician practice intensity Health
Services Research		 Prager E, Sinaiko AD. Tiered network health plans and changes in physician practice intensity. Health Serv Res. 2024 Feb;59(1):e14163.
Paul J. Christine, Sara Lodi, Heather E. Hsu, Benjamin Bovell-Ammon, Shapei Yan, Dana Bernson et al, University of Colorado, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Target trial emulation for comparative effectiveness research with observational data: Promise and challenges for studying medications for opioid use disorder Addiction Christine PJ, Lodi S, Hsu HE, Bovell‐Ammon B, Yan S, Bernson D, Novo P, Lee JD, Rotrosen J, Liebschutz J, Walley AY. Target trial emulation for comparative effectiveness research with observational data: Promise and challenges for studying medications for opioid use disorder. Addiction. 2024 Mar 22.
DPH-related project
Benjamin J. Bovell-Ammon, Shapei Yan, Devon Dunn, Marc R. LaRochelle, et al, Baystate Medical Center, Boston University Medical School, Massachusetts Department
of Public Health		 Prison Buprenorphine Implementation and Postrelease Opioid Use Disorder Outcomes JAMA
Network Open		 Bovell-Ammon, Benjamin J., Shapei Yan, Devon Dunn, Elizabeth A. Evans, Peter D. Friedmann, Alexander Y. Walley, and Marc R. LaRochelle. "Prison Buprenorphine Implementation and Postrelease Opioid Use Disorder Outcomes." JAMA Network Open 7, no. 3 (2024): e242732-e242732. 
DPH-related project
Theodoros V. Giannouchos,
Benjamin Ukert, Ronald G. Pirrallo, et al, University of Alabama, Texas A & M, Prisma Health, University of South Carolina		 Determinants of persistent, multi-year, frequent emergency department use among children and young adults in three US states Academic Pediatrics Giannouchos TV, Ukert B, Pirrallo RG, Smith J, Kum HC, Wright B, Dietrich A. Determinants of persistent, multi-year, frequent emergency department use among children and young adults in three US states. Academic pediatrics. 2024 Apr 1;24(3):442-50.
Yaa Akosa Antwi et al,
Johns Hopkins University		 Heterogeneous Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Emergency Department Visits and Payer Composition among Older Adults by Race and Ethnicity American Journal
of Health Economics		 Antwi YA, Meille G, Moriya AS. Heterogeneous Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Emergency Department Visits and Payer Composition among Older Adults by Race and Ethnicity. American Journal of Health Economics. 2024 Mar 1;10(2).
Hussaini Zandam,
Ilhom Akobirshoev, Monika Mitra,
Brandeis University		 Multiple Chronic Condition Emergency Department Visits Among US Adults: Disparities at the Intersection of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Status and Race or Ethnicity Health Equity Zandam H, Akobirshoev I, Mitra M. Multiple Chronic Condition Emergency Department Visits Among US Adults: Disparities at the Intersection of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Status and Race or Ethnicity. Health Equity. 2024 Mar 1;8(1):198-205.
Dhimitri A. Nikolla, Jonathan J. Oskvarek, Mark S. Zocchi, et al, Allegheny Health Network, US Acute Care Solutions, Brandeis University Defining Incidental Versus Non-incidental COVID-19 Hospitalizations Cureus Nikolla DA, Oskvarek JJ, Zocchi MS, Rahman NA, Leubitz A, Moghtaderi A, Black BS, Pines JM. Defining Incidental Versus Non-incidental COVID-19 Hospitalizations. Cureus. 2024 Mar 20;16(3).
Kimberley Geissler, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management Transitions in health insurance among continuously insured patients with schizophrenia Nature Briefing Ranchoff, B.L., Jeung, C., Zeber, J.E. et al. Transitions in health insurance among continuously insured patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr 10, 25 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-024-00446-4

 

2023

Investigator and
Organization
Article Title
Publication
Full Citation
 Data Application
Michael Geruso, Timothy J. Layton , Grace McCormack, , Mark Shepard, National Bureau of Economics Research The Two-Margin Problem
in Insurance Markets		 Review of Economics
and Statistics		 Geruso M, Layton TJ, McCormack G, Shepard M. The Two-Margin Problem in Insurance Markets. Rev Econ Stat. 2023 Mar;105(2):237-257. doi: 10.1162/rest_a_01070. Epub 2021 Jul 9. PMID: 37193577; PMCID: PMC10181796. Prices, Incentives, and Hospital-Physician Integration in Health Care
Matthew J Alcusky, Eric O Mick, Jeroan J Allison, Catarina I Kiefe, Meagan J Sabatino, Frances E Eanet, Arlene S Ash, UMass Chan Medical School Paying for Medical and Social Complexity in Massachusetts Medicaid JAMA
Network Open		 Alcusky MJ, Mick EO, Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Sabatino MJ, Eanet FE, Ash AS. Paying for Medical and Social Complexity in Massachusetts Medicaid. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2332173. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32173. PMID: 37669052; PMCID: PMC10481227. MassHealth-related project
Sasha Albert, Laura Nasuti, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Persistent Cost-Sharing for Contraception in Massachusetts, 2017-2020 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting Albert S, Nasuti L. Persistent Cost-Sharing for Contraception in Massachusetts, 2017-2020. In2023 Annual Research Meeting 2023 Jun 26. AcademyHealth. HPC-related project
Yue Huang, Sara Sadownik, Laura Nasuti, David Auerbach, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Telehealth's Impact on Total Health Care Spending Insights from 2020 Massachusetts Commercial Claims Data Academy Health Annual Research Meeting Huang Y, Sadownik S, Nasuti L, Auerbach D. Telehealth's Impact on Total Health Care Spending: Insights from 2020 Massachusetts Commercial Claims Data. In 2023 Annual Research Meeting 2023 Jun 25. AcademyHealth. HPC-related project
Anna Sinaiko, Vilsa Curto, Elizabeth Bambury, Mark Soto, Meredith Rosenthal, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Variation in tiered network health plan penetration and local provider market characteristics Health Services Research Sinaiko AD, Curto VE, Bambury E, Soto MJ, Rosenthal MB. Variation in tiered network health plan penetration and local provider market characteristics. Health services research. 2023 Sep 5. The impact of Massachusetts Cost control legislation on prices and competition
Laura Attanasio, Chanup Jeung, Kimberley Geissler, UMass Amherst, UMass Chan Medical School, Baystate Medical Center Association of Postpartum Mental Illness Diagnoses with Severe Maternal Morbidity Journal of
Women's Health		 Attanasio L, Jeung C, Geissler KH. Association of Postpartum Mental Illness Diagnoses with Severe Maternal Morbidity. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Dec 28. The effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Tadeja Gracner, Ashley Kranz, Kimberley Geissler et al, Rand Corporation, USC, UMass Chan Medical School The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Pediatric Medical Clinicians' Application of Fluoride Varnish JAMA
Network Open		 Gracner T, Kranz AM, Li K, Dick AW, Geissler K. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Pediatric Medical Clinicians' Application of Fluoride Varnish. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 1;6(11):e2343087. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen Promoting children's oral health: Identifying provider-, practice-, and community-level characteristics associated with delivery of fluoride varnish in medical offices
John Hsu, Nicole Benson, Vicki Fung, Dost Öngür, Massachusetts General
Hospital and Harvard Medical School		 Medical and psychiatric care preceding the first psychotic disorder diagnosis Shizophrenia Bulletin Benson NM, Yang Z, Fung V, Normand SL, Keshavan MS, Öngür D, Hsu J. Medical and psychiatric care preceding the first psychotic disorder diagnosis. Schizophrenia bulletin. 2023 Aug 22:sbad125. Differences in access to coordinated specialty care
in first episode psychosis
Benjamin Ukert, Theodoros V Giannouchos, Texas A & M University, University of Alabama at Birmingham Association of the affordable care act with racial and ethnic disparities in uninsured emergency department utilization BMC Health Services Research Ukert B, Giannouchos TV. Association of the affordable care act with racial and ethnic disparities in uninsured emergency department utilization. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Nov 25;23(1):1302 CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Anna Sinaiko, Vilsa Curto, Meredith Rosenthal, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Utilization, Steering, and Spending in Vertical Relationships Between Physicians and Health Systems. JAMA
Health Forum		 Sinaiko AD, Curto VE, Ianni K, Soto M, Rosenthal MB. Utilization, Steering, and Spending in Vertical Relationships Between Physicians and Health Systems. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Sep 1;4(9):e232875.  The impact of Massachusetts cost control legislation on prices and competition
Maíra Rudolph, Omid Azimaraghi, Elie Salloum, et al, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Association of reintubation and hospital costs and its modification by postoperative surveillance: A multicenter retrospective cohort study Journal of Clinical Anesthesia Rudolph MI, Azimaraghi O, Salloum E, Wachtendorf LJ, Suleiman A, Kammerer T, Schaefer MS, Eikermann M, Kiyatkin ME. Association of reintubation and hospital costs and its modification by postoperative surveillance: A multicenter retrospective cohort study. J Clin Anesth. 2023 Dec;91:111264. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111264. Epub 2023 Sep 16. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Kimberley Geissler, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Arlene Ash 5, et al. UMass Amherst, UMass Chan Medical School, Baystate Medical Center Influenza Vaccinations Among Privately and Publicly Insured Children With Asthma Academic Pediatrics Geissler KH, Shieh MS, Evans V, Lindenauer PK, Ash AS, Krishnan JA, Goff SL. Influenza Vaccinations Among Privately and Publicly Insured Children With Asthma. Acad Pediatr. 2023 Sep-Oct;23(7):1368-1375. The effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Jacqueline M. Kruser et al, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Identifying Patterns of Medical Intervention in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Observational Study Critical Care Explorations Kruser JM, Sharma K, Holl JL, Nohadani O. Identifying Patterns of Medical Intervention in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Observational Study. Crit Care Explor. 2023 Oct 19;5(10):e0984. CHIA Data applied for through AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Database
Evan Matros et al, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Comparison of Cost of Care and Surgical Outcomes between Subpectoral and Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery–Global Open Vorstenbosch J, Bouhadana G, Chakraborty A, Matros E, Davison P, Bernstein M. Comparison of Cost of Care and Surgical Outcomes between Subpectoral and Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery–Global Open. 2023 Oct 1;11(10S):20-1. The impact of reimbursement on variations in breast reconstruction utilization and quality across hospitals, physicians and payers in the state of Massachusetts
Elizabeth Evans Kimberley Geissler, UMass Amherst Use of big data and ethical issues for populations with substance use disorder Value in Health Evans EA, Geissler KH. Use of big data and ethical issues for populations with substance use disorder. Value in Health. 2023 Sep 1;26(9):1321-4. DPH-related project
Jianing Wang, Nathan Doogan, Katherine Thompson, Dana Bernson et al, Boston University, Ohio State University Medical Center, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Massachusetts Prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder Estimation Revisited: Comparing a Bayesian Approach to Standard Capture–Recapture Methods+A56 Epidemiology Wang J, Doogan N, Thompson K, Bernson D, Feaster D, Villani J, Chandler R, White LF, Kline D, Barocas JA. Massachusetts Prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder Estimation Revisited: Comparing a Bayesian Approach to Standard Capture–Recapture Methods. Epidemiology. 2023 Nov 1;34(6):841-9. DPH-related project
Gary Young, David Zepeda, Stephen Flaherty, Mahmudul Hasan, Northeastern University Physician Practice Migration and Changes in Practice Style: A Study of Low-Value Diagnostic Imaging Academy of Management Proceedings Young, G.J., Zepeda, D., Flaherty, S. and Hasan, M.M., 2023. Physician Practice Migration and Changes in Practice Style: A Study of Low-Value Diagnostic Imaging. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 11404). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Impact of alternative payment models on utilization of diagnostic imaging services in the APCD dataset
Jihye Kim, R. Christopher Sheldrick, Kerrin Gallagher et al, University of Nevada, Boston University, Brown University Association of integrating mental health into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers with utilization and follow-up care JAMA
Network Open		 Kim, J., Sheldrick, R.C., Gallagher, K., Bair-Merritt, M.H., Durham, M.P., Feinberg, E., Morris, A. and Cole, M.B., 2023. Association of integrating mental health into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers with utilization and follow-up care. JAMA Network Open, 6(4), pp.e239990-e239990. Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Pediatric Medical Home for Low-Income Children
Godwin K. Osei-Poku,
Betsy Lehman Center,
Julia C. Prentice,
Betsy Lehman Center &
Boston University, et al.		 Risk of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Birthing People With Opioid Use Disorder Women's
Health Issues		 Osei-Poku GK, Prentice JC, Peeler M, Bernstein S, Iverson RE, Schiff DM. Risk of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Birthing People With Opioid Use Disorder. Women's Health Issues. 2023 Jul 7. BLC-related project
Hannah James, Christopher Koller, Laura Nasuti, David Auerbach, Ira Wilson, Health Policy Commission & Brown University Comparing ambulatory commercial spending in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 2016–2019 Health Services
Research		 James HO, Koller C, Nasuti LJ, Auerbach DI, Wilson IB. Comparing ambulatory commercial spending in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 2016–2019. Health Services Research. 2023 May 12. HPC-related project
Katie Moynihan, Urbano França, David Casavant, Robert Graham, Michael McManus,
Boston Children's Hospital		 Hospital Access Patterns of Children With Technology Dependence Pediatrics Moynihan K, França UL, Casavant DW, Graham RJ, McManus ML. Hospital access patterns of children with technology dependence. Pediatrics. 2023 Apr 1;151(4):e2022059014. The long-term impact of pediatric conditions in Massachusetts
Mark Shepard, Ethan Forsgren, Harvard University, National Bureau of Economic Research Do insurers respond to active purchasing? Evidence from the Massachusetts health insurance exchange Journal of Risk and Insurance Shepard M, Forsgren E. Do insurers respond to active purchasing? Evidence from the Massachusetts health insurance exchange. Journal of Risk and Insurance. 2023 Mar;90(1):9-31. Prices, Incentives,
and Hospital-Physician Integration
in Health Care
Lauren Brown, Urbano França, Michael McManus,
Boston Children's Hospital		 Neighborhood Poverty and Distance to Pediatric Hospital Care Academic Pediatrics Brown L, França UL, McManus ML. Neighborhood Poverty and Distance to Pediatric Hospital Care. Academic Pediatrics. 2023 Feb 6. The long-term impact of pediatric conditions in Massachusetts
Lorel Burns, Nihan Gencerliler,
Kelly Terlizzi, Claudia Solis-Roman, Asgeir Sigurdsson, Heather Gold, New York University		 Apexification outcomes in the United States: A retrospective cohort study Journal of Endodontics Burns LE, Gencerliler N, Terlizzi K, Solis-Roman C, Sigurdsson A, Gold HT. Apexification outcomes in the United States: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Endodontics. 2023 Jul 28. Root Canal Therapy in Children: Analysis of Disparities and Value
Andrea Austin, Andrew Schaefer, Mary Arakelyan, Seneca Freyleue, David Goodman, JoAnna Leyenaar, Dartmouth University Specialties Providing Ambulatory Care and Associated Healthcare Utilization and Quality for Children with Medical Complexity Academic Pediatrics Austin AM, Schaefer AP, Arakelyan M, Freyleue SD, Goodman D, Leyenaar JK. Specialties Providing Ambulatory Care and Associated Healthcare Utilization and Quality for Children with Medical Complexity. Academic Pediatrics. 2023 Jul 17. A Population-Based Study Assessing Regional Variation in Newborn Care and Outcomes, Including the Risk of NICU Admission
Hannah James, Katya Fonkych, Laura Nasuti, David Auerbach,
Health Policy Commission		 Assessment of a Price Index for Hospital Outpatient Department Services Using Commercial Claims Data in Massachusetts JAMA Health Forum James HO, Fonkych K, Nasuti LJ, Auerbach DI. Assessment of a Price Index for Hospital Outpatient Department Services Using Commercial Claims Data in Massachusetts. In JAMA Health Forum 2023 Apr 7 (Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. e230650-e230650). American Medical Association. HPC-related project
Audra Meadows, Howard Cabral, Chia-ling Liu, Xiaohui Cui, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Hafsatou Diop, Eugene Declercq, UCSD, Boston University, Tufts Medical School, MDPH Preconception and perinatal hospitalizations as indicators of risk for severe maternal morbidity in primiparas American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM Meadows AR, Cabral H, Liu CL, Cui X, Amutah-Onukagha N, Diop H, Declercq ER. Preconception and perinatal hospitalizations as indicators of risk for severe maternal morbidity in primiparas. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 2023 Jul 1;5(7):101014. DPH-related project
Michael Cooper, Laura Attanasio, Kimberley Geissler, UMass Amherst Maternity care clinician inclusion in Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations PLOS One Cooper MI, Attanasio LB, Geissler KH. Maternity care clinician inclusion in Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations. Plos one. 2023 Mar 8;18(3):e0282679. Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Annie Yu-An Chen, Kimberley Geissler, Andrew Dick, Sarah Goff, Ashley Kranz, UMass Amherst, Rand Corporation Association Between Insurance Type and Fluoride Varnish Application During Well-Child Visits in Massachusetts Academic Pediatrics Chen AY, Geissler KH, Dick AW, Goff S, Kranz AM. Association between insurance type and fluoride varnish application during well-child visits in Massachusetts. Academic Pediatrics. 2023 May 9. Promoting children's oral health: Identifying provider-, practice-, and community-level characteristics associated with delivery of fluoride varnish in medical offices
Mark Shepard, Ethan Forsgren, Harvard University, NBER, UCLA Do Insurers Respond to Active Purchasing? Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange Journal of
Risk and Insurance		 Shepard M, Forsgren E. Do insurers respond to active purchasing? Evidence from the Massachusetts health insurance exchange. Journal of Risk and Insurance. 2023 Mar;90(1):9-31. Comparing Health Insurance Types and Understanding Churn: Evidence from Longitudinal Analysis and Natural Experiments
Keith M. Marzilli Ericson, PhD, Boston University Reducing Administrative Barriers Increases Take-up of Subsidized Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from a Field Experiment NBER Working
Paper Series		 Ericson KM, Layton TJ, McIntyre A, Sacarny A.
Reducing Administrative Barriers Increases Take-up of Subsidized Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from a Field Experiment. National Bureau of Economic Research; 2023 Jan 30.		 Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Lynn A. Blewett,  Natalie Schwehr Mac Arthur, James Campbell, University of Minnesota School of Public Health The Future of State
All-Payer Claims Databases		 Journal of
Health Politics, Policy and Law		 Blewett LA, Mac Arthur NS, Campbell J.
The Future of State All-Payer Claims Databases.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 2023 Feb 1;48(1):93-115.		 Secondary discussion of CHIA Mandated Benefit Reports

 

2022

Investigator and
Organization
Article Title
Publication
Full Citation
 Data Application
Leslie Farland, Judy Stern, Chia-Ling Liu, Howard Cabral, Charles Coddington, III, Hafsatou Diop, et al, University of Arizona, Boston University, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a registry linkage study from Massachusetts Human
Reproduction		 Farland LV, Stern JE, Liu CL, Cabral HJ, Coddington III CC, Diop H, Dukhovny D, Hwang S, Missmer SA. Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a registry linkage study from Massachusetts. Human Reproduction. 2022 Nov 1;37(11):2690-9. DPH-related project
Mathijs de Vaan, Toby Stuart, UC Berkeley Gender in the Markets for Expertise American
Sociological Review		 de Vaan M, Stuart T. Gender in the Markets for Expertise. American Sociological Review. 2022 Jun;87(3):443-77. The Effects of Network Structure on Provider Learning, Health Outcomes, and Costs of Care
John Ayanian, University of Michigan,
Susan Gershman, Massachusetts Department of Public Health		 BRCA1/2 testing among young women with breast cancer in Massachusetts, 2010–2013: An observational study using state cancer registry and All‐Payer claims data Cancer
Medicine		 Pace LE, Ayanian JZ, Wolf RE, Knowlton R, Gershman ST, Hawkins SS, Keating NL. BRCA1/2 testing among young women with breast cancer in Massachusetts, 2010–2013: An observational study using state cancer registry and All‐Payer claims data. Cancer Medicine. 2022 Mar 21.  DPH-related project
Leila Agha, Dartmouth College, National Bureau of Economic Research Team Relationships and Performance: Evidence from Healthcare Referral Networks Management
Science		 Leila Agha, Keith Marzilli Ericson, Kimberley H. Geissler, and James B. Rebitzer: Team Relationships and Performance: Evidence from Healthcare Referral Networks. Management Science 2022 68:5, 3735-3754. Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Megan B. Cole,
Boston University		 Five-Year Trends in Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Department Visits in Massachusetts: A Population-Based Cohort Study The Journal
of Pediatrics		 Lin MY, Kim J, Sheldrick RC, Bair-Merritt MH, Durham MP, Feinberg E, Cole MB. Five-year trends in pediatric mental health emergency department visits in Massachusetts: a population-based cohort study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022 Jul 1;246:199-206. Integrating Behavioral Health
Into the Pediatric Medical Home
for Low-Income Children
Meredith Rosenthal, Harvard T. H. Chan
School of Public Health		 Price Effects Of Vertical Integration And Joint Contracting Between Physicians And Hospitals In Massachusetts: Study examines the price effects of vertical integration and joint contracting between physicians and hospitals Health Affairs Curto V, Sinaiko AD, Rosenthal MB. Price Effects Of Vertical Integration And Joint Contracting Between Physicians And Hospitals In Massachusetts: Study examines the price effects of vertical integration and joint contracting between physicians and hospitals. Health Affairs. 2022 May 1;41(5):741-50. The impact of Massachusetts Cost control legislation on prices and competition
Lorel Burns, New York University College of Dentistry A comparative analysis of public and private dental benefit payer types for the provision and outcomes of root canal therapy on permanent teeth of children and adolescents in Massachusetts. The Journal of the American Dental Association Burns LE, Gencerliler N, Gold HT.
A comparative analysis of public and private dental benefit payer types for the provision and outcomes of root canal therapy on permanent teeth of children and adolescents in Massachusetts. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2022 Dec 15.		 Root Canal Therapy in Children: Analysis of Disparities and Value 
Vicki Fung, Massachusetts General Hospital Changes in Insurance Coverage Continuity After Affordable Care Act Expansion of Medicaid Eligibility for Young Adults With Low Income in Massachusetts JAMA
Health Forum		 Fung, Vicki, Zhiyou Yang, Benjamin L. Cook, John Hsu, and Joseph P. Newhouse. Changes in Insurance Coverage Continuity After Affordable Care Act Expansion of Medicaid Eligibility for Young Adults With Low Income in Massachusetts. In JAMA Health Forum, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. e221996-e221996. American Medical Association, 2022. Medicaid Payment Policy
and Access to Care for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
Gary Young,
Northeastern University		 Optimizing Return and Secure Disposal of Prescription Opioids to Reduce the Diversion to Secondary Users and Black Market arXiv Mahmudul Hasan M, Ibn Faiz T, Sasser Modestino A, Young GJ. Optimizing Return and Secure Disposal of Prescription Opioids to Reduce the Diversion to Secondary Users and Black Market. arXiv e-prints. 2022 May:arXiv-2205 DPH-related project
Leslie Farland, U of Arizona College of Medicine, Judy Stern, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
Chia-ling Liu and Hafsatou Diop, Mass DPH, Howard Cabral, Boston University School of Public Health		 Pregnancy outcomes
among women with endometriosis and fibroids: registry linkage study in Massachusetts		 American Journal
of Obstetrics and
Gynecology		 Farland LV, Stern JE, Liu CL, Cabral HJ, Coddington III CC, Diop H, Dukhovny D, Hwang S, Missmer SA. Pregnancy outcomes among women with endometriosis and fibroids: registry linkage study in Massachusetts. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2022 Jun 1;226(6):829-e1. DPH-related project
John Hsu,
Massachusetts General Hospital		 Identifying Diagnoses of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder in Large Data Sets. Psychiatric
Services		 Benson NM, Yang Z, Weiss M, Fung V, Moran LV, Öngür D, Hsu J. Identifying Diagnoses of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder in Large Data Sets. Psychiatric Services. 2022 Nov 1;73(11):1210-6. Differences in access
to coordinated specialty care
in first episode psychosis
Naomi Bardach,
University of California San Francisco		 Adjusting for social risk factors in pediatric quality measures: adding to the evidence base Academic Pediatrics Bucholz EM, Toomey SL, McCulloch CE, Bardach N. Adjusting for social risk factors in pediatric quality measures: adding to the evidence base. Academic pediatrics. 2022 Apr 1;22(3):S108-14. IMPLEMENT Aim 1
- New pediatric quality measures
Mathijs de Vaan, University of California Berkeley Hospitalizations reduce health care utilization of household members Health Services
Research		 Bergquist S, de Vaan M.
Hospitalizations reduce health care utilization of household members. Health Services Research.
2022 Dec; 57(6):1274-87.		 The Effects of Network Structure on Provider Learning, Health Outcomes, and Costs of Care
Gary Young,
Northeastern University		 Long-term patient outcomes following buprenorphine/ naloxone treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective analysis in a commercially insured population The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Hasan MM, Noor-E-Alam M, Shi J, Young LD, Young GJ. Long-term patient outcomes following buprenorphine/naloxone treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective analysis in a commercially insured population. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2022 Jul 4;48(4):481-91. DPH-related project
Kimberley Geissler, University of Massachusetts Amherst Transitions in Health Insurance During the Perinatal Period Among Patients With Continuous Insurance Coverage JAMA
Network Open		 Jeung C, Attanasio LB, Geissler KH. Transitions in Health Insurance During the Perinatal Period Among Patients With Continuous Insurance Coverage. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2239803.  Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Kimberley Geissler, University of Massachusetts Amherst A scoping review of data sources for the conduct of policy-relevant substance use research Public Health
Reports		 Geissler KH, Evans EA, Johnson JK, Whitehill JM.
A scoping review of data sources for the conduct of policy-relevant substance use research. Public Health Reports. 2022 Sep;137(5):944-54.		 Effects of Utilization Patterns and Coordination of Care on Outcomes
Susan Parsons,
Tufts University School of Medicine		 Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplant Utilization in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Level Analysis of Statewide Claims Data JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics Waheed A, Rodday AM, Kumar AJ,
Miller KB, Parsons SK.
Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplant Utilization in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Level Analysis of Statewide Claims Data. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 2022 May;6:e2100135.		 Cost Effectiveness of Novel Oncolytics in Newly Diagnosed and Hodgkin Lymphoma: External Validation Study Using APCD
Amresh Hanchate, Boston University School of Medicine Insurance and geographic variations in non‐invasive prenatal testing Prenatal
Diagnosis		 Ellison J, Wang C, Yarrington C,
Connors P, Hanchate A.
Insurance and geographic variations in non‐invasive prenatal testing. Prenatal Diagnosis. 2022 Jul;42(8):1004-7.		 Patterns in ED Use With and Without Ambulance Use, and Subsequent Healthcare Utilization
Mark Shepard,
National Bureau of Economic Research		 Reducing ordeals through automatic enrollment: evidence from a health insurance exchange NBER Working
Paper Series		 Shepard M, Wagner M.
Reducing ordeals through automatic enrollment: evidence from a health insurance exchange. National Bureau of Economic Research; 2022 Dec 19.		 Comparing Health Insurance Types and Understanding Churn: Evidence from Longitudinal Analysis and Natural Experiments
Mark Shepard, National Bureau of Economic Research Hospital network competition and adverse selection: evidence from the Massachusetts health insurance exchange American Economic Review Shepard M. Hospital network competition and adverse selection: evidence from the Massachusetts health insurance exchange. American Economic Review. 2022 Feb;112(2):578-615. Comparing Health Insurance Types and Understanding Churn: Evidence from Longitudinal Analysis and Natural Experiments
Shayan Taheri,
Navid Asadizanjani, University of Florida, Gainesville		 An Overview of Medical Electronic Hardware Security and Emerging Solutions An Overview of Medical Electronic Hardware Security and Emerging Solutions Taheri S, Asadizanjani N.
An Overview of Medical Electronic Hardware
Security and Emerging Solutions.
Electronics. 2022 Feb 16;11(4):610.		 Secondary Use of Betsy Lehman Center Report on the cost of medical errors from the MA APCD: https://betsylehmancenterma.gov/research/costofme
Tom Chen, Harvard Pilgrim Institute, Wenjun Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell Small-area estimation for public health surveillance using electronic health record data: reducing the impact of underrepresentation BMC Public Health Chen T, Li W, Zambarano B, Klompas M. Small-area estimation for public health surveillance using electronic health record data: reducing the impact of underrepresentation. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec;22(1):1-0.
DPH-related project
Judy Stern, Dartmouth-Hitchcok Medical Center, Hafsatou Diop, Chia-Ling, Xiaohui Cui, Mass. Department of Public Health, Howard J. Cabral MPH, Boston University School of Public Health Assisted reproductive
technology treatment increases obstetric and neonatal risks
over that of the underlying infertility diagnosis
Fertility and Sterility
 Stern JE, Liu CL, Cui X, Cabral HJ, Farland LV, Coddington C, Diop H. Assisted reproductive technology treatment increases obstetric and neonatal risks over that of the underlying infertility diagnosis. Fertility and Sterility. 2022 Jun 1;117(6):1223-34.
DPH-related project
David Dranove, Soheil Ghili,
Northwestern University
 Network formation and bargaining in vertical markets: The case of narrow networks in health insurance
Marketing Science
Ghili S. Network formation and bargaining in vertical markets: The case of narrow networks in health insurance. Marketing Science. 2022 May;41(3):501-27
Narrow Networks
in the Health Insurance Market
Victoria Nielsen, Massachusetts
Department of
Public Health
 Integration of Regional Hospitalizations,
Registry and Vital Statistics Data
for Development of a Single Statewide Ischemic Stroke Database
Journal of Stroke
and
Cerebrovascular
Diseases
Zhiyu Yan, Victoria Nielsen, Glory Song,  Anita Christie,
Lee Schwamm, Kori Zachrison,
Integration of Regional Hospitalizations,
Registry and Vital Statistics Data for Development of a Single Statewide Ischemic Stroke Database,
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Vol 31, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106236.
DPH-related project

 

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