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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.

October 16th 2020

Inpatient-Outpatient Shared Electronic Health Records: Telemedicine and Laboratory Follow-up After Hospital Discharge

Mary E. Reed, DrPH Jie Huang, PhD Richard Brand, PhD Ilana Graetz, PhD Marc G. Jaffe, MD Dustin Ballard, MD, MBE Romain Neugebauer, PhD Bruce Fireman, MA John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

Using a seamlessly shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with greater rates of postdischarge follow-up delivered through telemedicine or laboratory monitoring and without an in-person office visit.

January 17th 2018

Bridging the Digital Divide: Mobile Access to Personal Health Records Among Patients With Diabetes

Ilana Graetz, PhD Jie Huang, PhD Richard J. Brand, PhD John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE Cyrus K. Yamin, MD Mary E. Reed, DrPH

Racial/ethnic minorities and patients living in poorer neighborhoods were more likely to access their personal health record exclusively with a mobile device.

January 20th 2016

The Introduction of Generic Risperidone in Medicare Part D

Vicki Fung, PhD Mary Price, MA Alisa B. Busch, MD, MS Mary Beth Landrum, PhD Bruce Fireman, MA Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

This study examines the plan characteristics associated with generic risperidone use and spending and adherence outcomes associated with use among Medicare Advantage Part D beneficiaries.

December 10th 2015

The Impact of Electronic Health Records and Teamwork on Diabetes Care Quality

Ilana Graetz, PhD Jie Huang, PhD Richard Brand, PhD Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA Thomas G. Rundall, PhD Jim Bellows, PhD John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE Marc Jaffe, MD Mary E. Reed, DrPH

Patients with diabetes that are cared for by primary care teams with higher cohesion experienced greater EHR-related outcome improvements, compared with patients cared for by lower cohesion teams.

June 16th 2015

Systematic Review of Benefit Designs With Differential Cost Sharing for Prescription Drugs

Oluwatobi Awele Ogbechie, MD, MBA John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

A systematic review of insurance benefit designs with differential cost sharing for substitute prescription drugs.

July 14th 2011

Using Medicare Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Opportunities and Challenges

Vicki Fung, PhD Richard J. Brand, PhD Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

This review article explores the Medicare data available for researchers and approaches that could be used to enhance the data%u2019s value for comparative effectiveness research.

June 23rd 2011

The Structure of Risk Adjustment for Private Plans in Medicare

Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD Jie Huang, PhD Richard J. Brand, PhD Vicki Fung, PhD John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

Health plan accounting data are used to test how well the CMSHCC risk adjustment system tracks relative costs of treating various diagnoses: not very well.

November 1st 2004

Matching Patients and Practitioners Based on Beliefs About Care: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Edward Krupat, PhD John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE Julie Irish, PhD Julie A. Schmittdiel, MA Joe Selby, MD, MPH