Kali S. Thomas, PhD

Medicare Advantage plans have varied motivations, strategies, and aspirations for addressing health-related social needs among home health beneficiaries, highlighting a need to expand the scope of supplemental benefits.

This study examined how Medicare Advantage plan representatives perceive the alternative financing model Pay for Success and its potential to address members’ social risk factors.

This study examines the joint influence of the quality of the hospital and of the nursing home to which a patient was discharged on the likelihood of re-hospitalization.