Christine Vogeli, PhD

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July 10th 2025

High-Risk Care Management Impact on Medicaid ACO Utilization and Spending

Kathryn Corelli, MD Erin Duralde, MD Diya Mathur, BA Mary Price, MA Nicole M. Benson, MD, MBI Nishmi Abeyweera, AB Vicki Fung, PhD Christine Vogeli, PhD Katherine H. Schiavoni, MD, MPP Maryann M. Vienneau, BS Mallika L. Mendu, MD, MBA Lindsay Jubelt, MD, MS Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

In Massachusetts’ largest Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO), high-risk care management significantly reduced spending, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, demonstrating that targeted strategies can manage health care costs amid budget constraints.

May 15th 2023

Tacking Upwind: Reducing Spending Among High-risk Commercially Insured Patients

Nicole M. Benson, MD, MBI Mary Price, MA Max Weiss, BA Christine Vogeli, PhD Maryann M. Vienneau, BS Mallika L. Mendu, MD, MBA Amy Flaster, MD, MBA Lisa Balentine, BASc Lindsay Jubelt, MD, MS Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

Although commercial accountable care organization populations are healthy on average, some individuals might benefit from programs for high-risk patients to mitigate high levels of health care utilization.

April 10th 2023

Population Turnover and Leakage in Commercial ACOs

Nicole M. Benson, MD, MBI Mary Price, MA Christine Vogeli, PhD Maryann M. Vienneau, BS Mallika L. Mendu, MD, MBA Amy Flaster, MD, MBA Lisa Balentine, BASc Lindsay Jubelt, MD, MS Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

Payment models that align financial incentives of payers, providers, and patients can mitigate spending growth in thoughtful ways, but the details of the models matter.

September 9th 2022

Intensive Care Management of a Complex Medicaid Population: A Randomized Evaluation

Jack S. Rowe, MD, MPH Joy Gulla, MPH Maryann Vienneau, BS Lisa Nussbaum, MA, MBA Erin Maher, MPH Mallika L. Mendu, MD, MBA Lori Wiviott Tishler, MD, MPH Eric Weil, MD Sreekanth K. Chaguturu, MD Christine Vogeli, PhD

The authors present findings of a randomized evaluation of Medicaid patients at an academic medical center, which found that intensive care management was associated with reduced total medical expense.

May 6th 2022

Improving Care Coordination and Reducing ED Utilization Through Patient Navigation

Salina Bakshi, MD, MPH Lucas C. Carlson, MD, MPH Joy Gulla, MPH Priscilla Wang, MD Kristy Helscel, MPH Brian J. Yun, MD, MBA, MPH Christine Vogeli, PhD Amy O. Flaster, MD, MBA

A navigation program demonstrated decreased odds of repeat emergency department (ED) visits in patients with low baseline ED utilization and increased odds of follow-up primary care appointments.

May 17th 2016

Implementing a Hybrid Approach to Select Patients for Care Management: Variations Across Practices

Christine Vogeli, PhD Jenna Spirt, MPH Richard Brand, PhD John Hsu, MD, MPH Namita Mohta, MD Clemens Hong, MD, MPH Eric Weil, MD Timothy G. Ferris, MD, MPH

Hybrid approaches allow for clinician input into case finding for care management, but training and monitoring is required to protect against unintentional biases.

November 10th 2015

Clinician Considerations When Selecting High-Risk Patients for Care Management

Vivian Haime, BS Clemens Hong, MD, MPH Laura Mandel, BA Namita Mohta, MD Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc Timothy G. Ferris, MD, MPH Christine Vogeli, PhD

Clinicians consider a number of patient predisposing and enabling characteristics not typically available in clinical data systems when selecting high-risk patients for care management.

April 2nd 2009

Assessing Outcomes in Child Psychiatry